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Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infancy: 7-year follow-up

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A case of mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infancy is reported. The presenting symptom was a bulging mass arising from the chest wall. Computed tomography showed the lesion to be multifocal. A large extrathoracic mass was removed and the defect in the chest wall was repaired with a Marlex mesh. Two smaller intrathoracic lesions were observed conservatively and have not enlarged during the past 7 years.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Branch Hospital, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 1-1-20, Daikominami, higashi-ku, 461, Nagoya, Japan

    Yukio Ishiguro, Osamu Murahashi, Masakazu Esaki & Takahiro Ito

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Ishiguro, Y., Murahashi, O., Esaki, M. et al. Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infancy: 7-year follow-up. Pediatr Surg Int 8, 521–522 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180364

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