Intercostal leiomyoma in a child: review of the literature
Leiomyomas of the chest wall are very rare. In a review of the current literature twelve cases were found, of which only one concerns of an intercostal leiomyoma of the chest wall. We report a case of 1 year old male child with intercostal leiomyoma who presented with a painless rigid swelling of th...
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| author | Kleanthis Anastasiadis Chrysostomos Kepertis Ioannis Efstratiou Evgenia Babatseva Ioannis Spyridakis |
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| description | Leiomyomas of the chest wall are very rare. In a review of the current literature twelve cases were found, of which only one concerns of an intercostal leiomyoma of the chest wall. We report a case of 1 year old male child with intercostal leiomyoma who presented with a painless rigid swelling of the right chest wall. The radiological control revealed a solid mass in the right anterior sixth intercostal space. En-bloc excision of the mass by abrading of the sixth rib through right anterior thoracotomy was performed. Histopatological analysis showed a localized intercostal leiomyoma. The patient has a close follow-up for 6 months without evidence of recurrence. This is the first case of a primary intercostal leiomyoma in a child which was excised totally without reconstruction of the chest wall. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98b77a5fb39c4ac285b049512a9e78ae2022-12-22T01:40:08ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882017-11-012828310.11604/pamj.2017.28.283.1427414274Intercostal leiomyoma in a child: review of the literatureKleanthis Anastasiadis0Chrysostomos Kepertis1Ioannis Efstratiou2Evgenia Babatseva3Ioannis Spyridakis4 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital "Papageorgiou", Thessaloniki, Greece Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital "Papageorgiou", Thessaloniki, Greece Head of Pathology Department "Papageorgiou Hospital" Thessaloniki, Greece Department of Neonatal Intensive Care, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital "Papageorgiou", Thessaloniki, Greece Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital "Papageorgiou", Thessaloniki, Greece Leiomyomas of the chest wall are very rare. In a review of the current literature twelve cases were found, of which only one concerns of an intercostal leiomyoma of the chest wall. We report a case of 1 year old male child with intercostal leiomyoma who presented with a painless rigid swelling of the right chest wall. The radiological control revealed a solid mass in the right anterior sixth intercostal space. En-bloc excision of the mass by abrading of the sixth rib through right anterior thoracotomy was performed. Histopatological analysis showed a localized intercostal leiomyoma. The patient has a close follow-up for 6 months without evidence of recurrence. This is the first case of a primary intercostal leiomyoma in a child which was excised totally without reconstruction of the chest wall. https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/28/283/pdf/283.pdf leiomyomaintercostal spacechest wallchild |
| spellingShingle | Kleanthis Anastasiadis Chrysostomos Kepertis Ioannis Efstratiou Evgenia Babatseva Ioannis Spyridakis Intercostal leiomyoma in a child: review of the literature The Pan African Medical Journal leiomyoma intercostal space chest wall child |
| title | Intercostal leiomyoma in a child: review of the literature |
| title_full | Intercostal leiomyoma in a child: review of the literature |
| title_fullStr | Intercostal leiomyoma in a child: review of the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intercostal leiomyoma in a child: review of the literature |
| title_short | Intercostal leiomyoma in a child: review of the literature |
| title_sort | intercostal leiomyoma in a child review of the literature |
| topic | leiomyoma intercostal space chest wall child |
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