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Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
; 39(2): 186-189, 2023 Mar.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36785605
RESUMEN
Myositis ossificans of the chest wall is extremely unusual with fewer than a dozen reported cases. In addition, the occurrence in children younger than 10 years is extremely rare. We report a case of an 8-year-old male who presented with painful and progressively enlarging left-sided chest wall mass. The tumor showed close histo-morphological mimicry with osteosarcoma. Moreover, the characteristic radiographic findings of myositis ossificans were absent. The age of the patient and the absence of attachment to the rib helped exclude extra-skeletal and parosteal osteosarcomas, respectively. The patient was doing well 4 months after surgery.