Unusual presentation of rib exostosis

We report two cases of unusual presentation of rib exostosis. The first patient presented acutely with hemorrhagic shock due to massive hemothorax, and the second patient presented with repetitive chest infection complicated by empyema. In both patients, preoperative computed tomographic (CT) scan o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2003-02, Vol.75 (2), p.575-577
Hauptverfasser:	Hajjar, Waseem M, El-Medany, Yasser M, Essa, Mohamed A, Rafay, Mohamad A, Ashour, Mahmoud H, Al-Kattan, Khaled M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Bone Neoplasms - complications Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Bone Neoplasms - surgery Diseases of the osteoarticular system Empyema, Pleural Hemothorax - etiology Humans Male Malformations and congenital and or hereditary diseases involving bones. Joint deformations Medical sciences Osteochondroma - complications Osteochondroma - diagnosis Osteochondroma - diagnostic imaging Osteochondroma - surgery Ribs Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	We report two cases of unusual presentation of rib exostosis. The first patient presented acutely with hemorrhagic shock due to massive hemothorax, and the second patient presented with repetitive chest infection complicated by empyema. In both patients, preoperative computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest revealed rib exostoses, necessitating thoracotomy and rib resection.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04326-6