Urgent resection of bleeding congenital mesenchymal chest wall hamartoma in an infant.
We report a case with prenatally diagnosed large cystic-solid mesenchymal chest wall hamartoma. An attempt of conservative management was made however repeated intralesional hemorrhage led to enlargement and severe anemia which required urgent resection at the age of 8 weeks. The infant had an unimpaired development over a follow-up of 4 years.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Katholische Stiftung Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Herne, Germany.
Jan-Christoph
JC
Bieda
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Katholische Stiftung Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Herne, Germany.
Ralf-Bodo
RB
Tröbs
Departments of Neonatology and Pediatric Radiology, Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln, University of Witten/Herdecke, Datteln, Germany.
Claudia
C
Roll
Departments of Neonatology and Pediatric Radiology, Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln, University of Witten/Herdecke, Datteln, Germany.
Rainer
R
Wunsch
Institute of Pathology, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Klinik Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Matthias
M
Neid
congenital chest wall tumor; intralesional bleeding; mesenchymal hamartoma; surgery