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Case Reports
. 2011 Feb;91(2):595-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.07.091.

Hemangioma of the rib

Fernando Conrado Abrão  1 , Mauro Tamagno, Mauro Canzian, Ângelo Fernandez, Jacques Bibas, Paulo Manuel Pêgo Fernandes, Fabio Biscegli Jatene
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Case Reports

Hemangioma of the rib

Fernando Conrado Abrão et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Feb.

Abstract

An asymptomatic 48-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a tumor of the rib incidentally diagnosed on a chest roentgenogram. The patient was investigated and underwent tumor resection of the chest wall. The pathologic study revealed that it was cavernous hemangioma. This tumor of the bone is a distinctly uncommon benign vascular tumor, generally occurring in the spine or skull. Hemangiomas involving the rib are even more rare, with only 22 cases described in the literature. However, we suggest that this tumor of the rib should be considered in the differential diagnosis, principally in asymptomatic patients.

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