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A different chest wall tumor: costal hemangioma

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A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the thoracic surgery department for chest mass with pain unresponsive to pain killers of 4 years’ duration. On physical examination, the lesion was observed as painful enlargement of the left second rib. The patient was investigated and underwent resection of the mass. The pathologic study revealed that it was cavernous hemangioma. Hemangiomas involving the rib are extremely rare, with only few cases described in the literature.

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  1. Şanlıurfa Mehmet Akif İnan Education and Research Hospital Thoracic Surgery Department, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    Cumhur Murat Tulay & Ali Hızır Arpat

  2. Şanlıurfa Mehmet Akif İnan Education and Research Hospital Pathology Department, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    Engin Deniz Yılmaz

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Tulay, C.M., Arpat, A.H. & Yılmaz, E.D. A different chest wall tumor: costal hemangioma. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 31, 42–44 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-014-0337-2

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