Extrathoracic protrusion of a chronic expanding hematoma in the chest mimicking a soft tissue tumor.
We report an uncommon clinical case of extrathoracic protrusion of a chronic expanding hematoma in the chest, mimicking a soft tissue sarcoma. A 77-year-old Japanese man was successfully treated by chest wall resection and partial decortication of the lung. The postoperative pathology examination confirmed a diagnosis of a granular cell reaction. Details of the clinical and radiographic features are presented.
Takahama
Makoto
M
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojima Hondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan. mktkhm@yahoo.co.jp
Yamamoto
Ryoji
R
Nakajima
Ryu
R
Izumi
Nobuhiro
N
Tada
Hirohito
H
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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