ABSTRACT
Pulmonary laceration is an uncommon complication of tube thoracostomy technique that is expected vigorous clinically and may be fatal. In this study, we report a case of pulmonary laceration owing to a tube thoracostomy, with no clinical signs, and detected incidentally on thorax computed tomography.
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Chest Tubes/adverse effects , Lung Injury , Wounds, Penetrating/etiology , Adult , Humans , Lung/diagnostic imaging , Male , Thoracostomy/adverse effects , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Wounds, Penetrating/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
A 3 x 4 cm homogeneous opacity was incidentally detected over the first rib at routine chest radiography. Radionuclide bone scan identified a hot spot, not excluding malignancy and excision of the rib revealed fibro-osseous lesion. A review of the literature showed 12 cases of this extremely rare lesion.
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Bone Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Ribs/diagnostic imaging , Bone Diseases/pathology , Bone Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Radiography , Ribs/pathologyABSTRACT
A 60-year-old man had noted exertional dyspnea and left anterior chest pain. A chest roentgenogram showed the presence of a giant mass and computed tomography (CT) of the chest confirmed the mass with an inhomogeneous density in the left hemithorax. A transthoracic TruCut needle biopsy of the mass showed benign fibrous tissue. The patient underwent a thoracotomy. A tumor arose from the visceral pleura of left lower lobe and pedinculated. Size of the tumor was 19 x 18 x 7 cm and weighed 1500 g. It was successfully resected. The pathological diagnosis of the tumor was benign localized fibrous tumor of the pleura.
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Mesothelioma/surgery , Pleural Neoplasms/surgery , Humans , Male , Mesothelioma/diagnostic imaging , Mesothelioma/pathology , Middle Aged , Pleura/pathology , Pleural Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Pleural Neoplasms/pathology , Radiography , ThoracotomyABSTRACT
A 15 x 15 cm mass in the right hemithorax of a 25-year-old woman was incidentally detected at routine chest radiography. Radical excision of the bony chest wall, including right CII-VI, revealed chondrosarcoma. Large, expansile parosteal chondromas were radiographically visualized in the pelvis and bones of the lower leg, representing Ollier's disease. Chondrosarcoma of the chest wall appears to be rare in Ollier's disease.
