Unusual Case of Pneumothorax Caused by Costal Osteochondroma

• 作者: Lournes J. Willekes II Rahul Vemula Sarav Shah
• 来源期刊: 胸外科期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: OSTEOCHONDROMA VATS THORACOSCOPY THORACIC ONCOLOGY
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（4）
• 页码范围: 108-110
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Osteochondroma is the most common benign cartilage tumor. Although, most lesions are asymptomatic, life-threatening conditions caused osteochondromas have been reported in the literature such pneumothorax, hemothorax, diaphragmatic rupture, and lung injury. We report a case of a thirty year old male who presented with shortness of breath and was found to have a pneumothorax on chest X-ray. Subsequent Computed Tomography of the chest revealed a 1.3 cm growth on the posterior portion of the fourth right rib protruding into the right middle lobe. The patient underwent thoracoscopic resection of the lesion along with a wedge resection of the right middle lobe. The rib was reconstructed using a metal plate. He remains asymptomatic without recurrence on a one year follow up.