title: Resection of intercostal hemangioma with involved chest wall and ribs: in an 11-year-old girl.
abstract: We report a case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with a slowly enlarging mass in the right posterolateral chest wall. Computed tomography showed a soft-tissue mass 8.5 × 7.5 × 5.5 cm in size, arising from the right posterolateral 9th, 10th, and 11th intercostal spaces. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a vascular mass. The patient underwent complete resection of the tumor, together with the right 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th ribs and their intercostal muscles. Reconstruction of the chest wall was performed with methyl methacrylate and Marlex mesh. Histopathologic examination of the tumor confirmed an intercostal cavernous hemangioma. At last examination, 6 months after the operation, the child was doing well, with no evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey. refiku@dicle.edu.tr
authors.forename: Refik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ulku
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onat
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avci
authors.forename: Cihan Akgul
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ozmen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007366:Intercostal Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020366:Methylmethacrylate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D011126:Polypropylenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes; D020366:Methylmethacrylate