Chest wall hamartoma in a fetus.

Brar, Manpreet; Cubberley, D A; Baty, Bonnie J.; Branch, Dental

doi:10.7863/jum.1988.7.4.217

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“…Of the 44 reported cases, 16 patients presented with a lesion at birth, including two whose lesions were demonstrated in utero (case 3 in McLeod and Dahlin's [18] series, and Brar et al [4] discovered by ultrasound); three patients presented with it immediately after birth, at 2, 7, and 9 days of age respectively. Nineteen infants presented with it between the ages of 1 month and 1 year.…”

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Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infants and children: a clinicopathological study of five patients

Ayala

Bolio-Solis

et al. 1993

Skeletal Radiol.

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Mesenchymal hamartoma of chest-wall is a rare benign lesion that has varied histological characteristics and usually occurs during early infancy. We report the histological characteristics of mesenchymal hamartoma found in five patients aged respectively 25 days, 5 months, 8 months, and 4 and 8 years at presentation. Two patients presented with respiratory distress, two with an asymptomatic chest-wall mass, and one with a deformity of the left chest wall. Surgical resection was performed on four patients and a biopsy only in one patient. Overall, the tumors were well delineated, lobulated, tan to reddish in color, and on section showed blood-filled cystic spaces with interspersed small islands of cartilage and fibrous tissue. Histological analyses demonstrated mixtures of bone trabeculae with spindle-cell stroma, chondroblast-like proliferation, mature and immature hyaline cartilage, and aneurysmal bone cyst formation. All patients are alive and well without evidence of disease. Despite the alarming clinical and histologic presentation, mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall is a non-neoplastic benign lesion.

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Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infants and children: a clinicopathological study of five patients

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Bolio-Solis

et al. 1993

Skeletal Radiol.

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“…Brar et al . also described a mass that originated from ribs with heterogeneous echogenicity similar to the bones with acoustic shadowing . The heterogeneous hyperechoic mass adjacent to the ribs is the most common characteristic of MHCW.…”

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“…As many chest wall masses in children are malignant, a chest wall mass in the prenatal period requires an accurate diagnosis. The differential diagnosis of chest wall masses includes Ewing's sarcoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumors, metastatic neuroblastoma, leukemia, and lymphoma . These lesions cause permeative destruction of ribs with a soft‐tissue component; however, none of these malignant tumors affect the chest wall of newborns, nor do they exhibit prominent secondary aneurysmal bone cyst formation .…”

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“…6 1 Brar et al also described a mass that originated from ribs with heterogeneous echogenicity similar to the bones with acoustic shadowing. 9 The heterogeneous hyperechoic mass adjacent to the ribs is the most common characteristic of MHCW. It can be distinguished from other lung masses, as their capsule has an echogenicity similar to the bones and the mass has a distinctive feature of heterogeneous internal mass suggestive of hemorrhage or secondary aneurysmal bone cyst.…”

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“…The differential diagnosis of chest wall masses includes Ewing's sarcoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumors, metastatic neuroblastoma, leukemia, and lymphoma. 9 These lesions cause permeative destruction of ribs with a soft-tissue component; however, none of these malignant tumors affect the chest wall of newborns, nor do they exhibit prominent secondary aneurysmal bone cyst formation. 11 Benign lesions, such as fibrous dysplasia, Langerhans cell histiocytosis and hemangioma, can affect the ribs, but they are also uncommon in the newborn period.…”

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Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall: Prenatal sonographic manifestations

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Kim

Kwon

et al. 2013

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall is a rare, benign lesion that arises from one or more ribs, almost exclusively found in infants. Some cases that developed in the fetal period have been reported, but accurate diagnosis was usually possible only after birth, except in a few cases in which fetal magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography were performed. We present a case of a congenital mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall. Although the diagnosis was not confirmed until birth, the prenatal sonographic examination showed strongly suggestive findings. We review the published reports on this condition, and suggest the prenatal sonographic features. Prenatal sonography is valuable in the differential diagnosis of chest mass.

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Chest wall hamartoma diagnosed prenatally using ultrasonography and computed tomography

Masuzaki

Ishimaru

et al. 1996

J. Clin. Ultrasound

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Chest wall hamartoma in a fetus.

Cited by 15 publications

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Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infants and children: a clinicopathological study of five patients

Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infants and children: a clinicopathological study of five patients

Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall: Prenatal sonographic manifestations

Chest wall hamartoma diagnosed prenatally using ultrasonography and computed tomography

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