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Tumors of the Chest Wall

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Primary tumors of the chest wall are uncommon. Chest wall tumors, whether malignant or benign, are classified as primary or secondary (metastatic). The most common benign tumors are osteochondromas and chondromas. The most common malignant chest wall tumors are sarcomas.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste (ASUITS), Trieste, Italy

    Elisa Baratella

  2. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Science, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Ilaria Fiorese

  3. Department of Radiology, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Leandro, CA, USA

    Sundeep M. Nayak

  4. Thoracic Surgery Unit, ASUITS, Trieste, Italy

    Stefano Lovadina

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Baratella, E., Fiorese, I., Nayak, S.M., Lovadina, S. (2020). Tumors of the Chest Wall. In: Sverzellati, N., Silva, M. (eds) The Thorax. Cancer Dissemination Pathways. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27233-3_9

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