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Thoracoscopic resection of parosteal lipoma of the rib using orthopedic electric micro drill

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Parosteal lipoma derived from the rib is extremely rare and is usually resected through open thoracotomy despite its benign nature. A 33-year-old man who had no symptoms was referred to our hospital for treatment of a 30-mm chest wall mass that has slightly increased in size during 2 years of follow-up. En bloc resection of the tumor with parts of the 3rd and 4th ribs was performed through a complete thoracoscopic approach using orthopedic electric micro drill. This was the first report on a case of parosteal lipoma of the rib that was resected by a complete thoracoscopic procedure.

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The authors thank Dr. Murota for her radiographic images analysis and Drs. Haba and Ishi for their pathological analysis.

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  1. Department of General Thoracic, Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-Cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan

    Tetsuhiko Go, Nariyasu Nakajima, Naoya Yokota & Hiroyasu Yokomise

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Go, T., Nakajima, N., Yokota, N. et al. Thoracoscopic resection of parosteal lipoma of the rib using orthopedic electric micro drill. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 66, 675–678 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-018-0929-7

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