title: Spontaneous hemothorax in multiple exostoses: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: Abstract Multiple hereditary exostoses is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the growth of multiple osteochondromas. We describe the thoracoscopic remodeling of a spiculated costal exostotic lesion responsible for spontaneous recurrent hemothoraces in a 17-year-old male patient with multiple hereditary exostoses.
authors.affiliation: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Haytham M A
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kaafarani
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cassidy
authors.forename: Walter J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Chwals
authors.forename: Carl-Christian
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000150:complications*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male