title: Sclerosing xanthofibroma of the rib that mimics a very aggressive malignant tumor of the thoracic wall.
abstract: Sclerosing xanthofibroma is a benign lesion generally of flat bones that is thought to be caused by a reactive response to intramedullary hemorrhage following chest wall trauma. We are reporting a case of a 56-year-old man that was complaining of a dump pain on the right back and a swelling right in this place for several weeks. The radiology was suggesting an aggressive malignant tumor of the chest wall and probably metastasis in both lungs meanwhile the patient was in good state and very active. The surgery was decisive for the diagnosis that, to the fortune of the patient, it was sclerosing xanthofibroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital "Shefqet Ndroqi", Street "Shefqet Ndroqi", Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caushi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathologic Anatomy, University Hospital "Shefqet Ndroqi", Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xhemalaj
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital "Shefqet Ndroqi", Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bani
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital "Shefqet Ndroqi", Street "Shefqet Ndroqi", Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Skenduli
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital "Shefqet Ndroqi", Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gega
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital "Shefqet Ndroqi", Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hafizi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital "Shefqet Ndroqi", Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mezini