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. 2009:2009:bcr09.2008.1018.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.1018. Epub 2009 Feb 2.

A large chest wall tumour in an asymptomatic 15-year-old girl

K C Chen  1 , W C Lin, Y C Lee, J S Chen, H H Hsu
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A large chest wall tumour in an asymptomatic 15-year-old girl

K C Chen et al. BMJ Case Rep. 2009.

Abstract

A 15-year-old asymptomatic girl was found to have a large left lower chest wall mass associated with chest wall invasion on an opportunistic chest radiograph. The tumour was excised and shown to be a clear cell sarcoma. Adjuvant chemotherapy was administered and she was disease free at her 10 month follow up.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. (A) Chest plain film revealing a large, well defined left chest wall tumour with obvious rib destruction.
(B) Thoracic CT revealing a large expansile tumour associated with osteolytic and sclerotic changes to a number of the patient’s ribs.
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