Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury

Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Chronic expanding heamatomas may present as masses mimicking chest wall tumors. We report the case of a patient who was presented with a giant posterior extrathoracic chest wall tumor. The mass was proven to be a chronic heamatoma possibly developed after a blunt...

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Main Authors: Kouritas Vasileios K, Roussakis Antonios G, Soultanis Konstantinos, Bellenis Ion
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Chronic heamatoma
extrathoracic
soft tissue tumor
giant
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/156
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spelling doaj-41d61707fbe74a13bb36975a1b9ba5e22020-11-24T23:16:29ZengBMCJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery1749-80902011-11-016115610.1186/1749-8090-6-156Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injuryKouritas Vasileios KRoussakis Antonios GSoultanis KonstantinosBellenis Ion<p>Abstract</p> <p>Chronic expanding heamatomas may present as masses mimicking chest wall tumors. We report the case of a patient who was presented with a giant posterior extrathoracic chest wall tumor. The mass was proven to be a chronic heamatoma possibly developed after a blunt thoracic injury which took place 2 years before presentation and was growing thereafter. Clinicians should have high suspicion of rare entities which mimic tumors and consider any information reported by the patient's history in their diagnostic process.</p> http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/156Chronic heamatomaextrathoracicsoft tissue tumorgiant
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author Kouritas Vasileios K
Roussakis Antonios G
Soultanis Konstantinos
Bellenis Ion
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Roussakis Antonios G
Soultanis Konstantinos
Bellenis Ion
Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chronic heamatoma
extrathoracic
soft tissue tumor
giant
author_facet Kouritas Vasileios K
Roussakis Antonios G
Soultanis Konstantinos
Bellenis Ion
author_sort Kouritas Vasileios K
title Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury
title_short Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury
title_full Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury
title_fullStr Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury
title_full_unstemmed Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury
title_sort extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury
publisher BMC
series Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
issn 1749-8090
publishDate 2011-11-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Chronic expanding heamatomas may present as masses mimicking chest wall tumors. We report the case of a patient who was presented with a giant posterior extrathoracic chest wall tumor. The mass was proven to be a chronic heamatoma possibly developed after a blunt thoracic injury which took place 2 years before presentation and was growing thereafter. Clinicians should have high suspicion of rare entities which mimic tumors and consider any information reported by the patient's history in their diagnostic process.</p>
topic Chronic heamatoma
extrathoracic
soft tissue tumor
giant
url http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/156
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