ArticleMedicine2018
Hereditary multiple exostoses of the ribs as an uncommon cause of pneumothorax: A case report.
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- Assessment of radiological and clinical follow-up strategies for intrathoracic osteochondromas in hereditary multiple osteochondromas patients.Joint diseases and related surgery · 2026Article
- Paediatric vascular-related hereditary giant rib osteochondroma: report of a successful chest wall reconstruction.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Article
- Ventral Scapular Osteochondroma in Hereditary Multiple Exostosis.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2023Article
- Spontaneous pneumothorax in a 17-year-old male patient with multiple exostoses: A case report and review of the literature.World journal of orthopedics · 2021Article
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- Rib Exostoses Presenting as Mediastinal Masses: A Rare Presentation and Minireview of the Literature.Case reports in medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
rationaleHereditary multiple exostoses (HME) is a genetic musculoskeletal condition causing multiple exostoses. Rib location of exostosis can be complicated by thoracic injuries. PATIENT CONCERNS AND DIAGNOSES: We report a case of pneumothorax in a 32-year-old man with a partial left-sided pneumothorax caused by an exostosis of the fourth and fifth ribs. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES: Clinical and radiological presentations allowed a conservative management. A video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was performed a few weeks later to avoid any recurrence. LESSONS: Rib exostosis represents an unusual cause of pneumothorax. Any local modification of symptoms or size of the exostosis should lead to investigations in regard to chondrosarcoma transformation.
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