a seven year-old boy with several painless masses on the ribs and shoulder was referred to our hospital. the masses were so prominent that they prevented the child’s sleep. since the patient had been ridiculed by his friends due to the rib prominences, he had refused to attend school. after clinical and radiological evaluations, the masses were diagnosed as hereditary multiple exostoses of the ...

We report a case of a 21-year old male with an asymptomatic solitary costal exostosis incidentally detected on a chest X-ray. The exostosis originated from the costochondral junction of the left fourth rib and protruded into the thoracic cavity. Exploratory thoracoscopy showed that the exostosis had scratched the adjacent pericardium and visceral pleura. A 5.5-cm long rib segment including the ...

The described case is of a 15-year-old boy who presented with a persistent hiccup and repeated episodes of left-sided chest pain. At computed tomography scan an exostosis originating from the costo-chondral junction of the left 4th rib was seen. The tip of the exostosis reached the external surface of the pericardium. Removal of a 2 cm rib segment including the implantation basis of the exostos...

BACKGROUND Costal exostosis is a benign condition that sometimes requires emergent surgery because of associated hemothorax; in addition, there have been cases with malignant transformation to chondrosarcoma. Here, we describe an asymptomatic patient who underwent thoracoscopic resection for primary costal exostosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 16-year-old male was found to have a bow-shaped shadow o...

We report a case of spontaneous haemothorax in a 19 year old boy with an exostosis of the left second rib. It may have been caused by nontraumatic rupture of markedly dilated pleural vessels, as a result of long-standing friction between the exostosis and the pleura. This is the first report of spontaneous haemothorax, without penetrative injury to the pleura or the diaphragm, in a patient with...

Spontaneous rupture of the spleen as a result of laceration by a rib exostosis is described. This unusual case serves to underline the diagnostic difficulties of the acute abdomen in pregnancy.

Exostosis of the rib with neural foraminal extension as a cause of spinal cord compression and scoliosis has to the best of our knowledge not been reported. We describe a young male with hereditary multiple exostosis who presented with a spastic gait, lower limb weakness and a deformity of the upper back. Radiographic imaging revealed a lesion arising from the left second rib which was encroach...

A 14-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital due to persisting pleuritic pain in the right lower hemithorax, which presented after athletic activities. Chest X-ray showed a right hemothorax for which a chest tube was inserted. The patient’s medical history was positive for exostoses of both humeri and the left femur, for which he had undergone an operation at the age of 5 and 8 years, respect...

A seven year-old boy with several painless masses on the ribs and shoulder was referred to our hospital. The masses were so prominent that they prevented the child’s sleep. Since the patient had been ridiculed by his friends due to the rib prominences, he had refused to attend school. After clinical and radiological evaluations, the masses were diagnosed as hereditary multiple exostoses of the ...

Introduction: Chondrosarcoma complicating osteochondromatous lesions is a microscopic diagnosis which treatment is based on surgical excision. These tumors need a close followup because the recovery can be ascertained only after 10 years of follow-up. Case Report: A 19-year-old male who presented respiratory symptoms and whose past medical history was remarkable for a previously noted cartilagi...