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Dyspnea caused by osteochondroma of the clavicle head: a case report

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Osteochondroma is a benign cartilaginous neoplasm and is the most common benign bone tumor. Osteochondromas arising from the clavicular head are extremely rare and symptomatic cases are even less common. We report a 23-year-old man who presented with dyspnea due to tracheal displacement resulting from a clavicular osteochondroma. The patient underwent successful resection involving a trap-door thoracotomy.

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  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Masayuki Okui, Hirotoshi Horio & Masahiko Harada

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Okui, M., Horio, H. & Harada, M. Dyspnea caused by osteochondroma of the clavicle head: a case report. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 65, 56–58 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-015-0603-2

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