We report on an uncommon entity, the so-called ''chest wall chondromatous hamartoma'' or ''mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall'' (MHCW), diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology in a 6-mo-old boy. Radiologic features were those of an aggressive lesion with rib expansion and destruction
Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall
โ Scribed by Bruce R. Pawel; Timothy M. Crombleholme
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 323 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-0358
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