Rib desmoplastic fibroblastoma: Video-assisted resection
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Agustín Buero; Walter Sebastian Nardi; Gustavo Alejandro Lyons; Pablo Dezanzo
- Source
- Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp 250-252 (2018)
- Subject
- Collagenous fibroma
desmoplastic fibroblastoma
soft tissue lesion
Surgery
RD1-811
Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
RC799-869
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0972-9941
1998-3921
A 46-year-old man was referred to our department due to chronic chest pain. A computed tomography showed an exophytic image arising from 5th rib that was projected on the middle lobule. The patient underwent an exploratory videothoracoscopic because we couldn't discard lung compromise. A corneal-like lesion emerging from the inner side of the 5th rib was revealed. Complete video-assited resection was done. Histopathology examination revealed a desmoplastic fibroblastoma. To our knowledge this is the first case of desmoplastic fibroblastoma arising from a rib and the second case published in all literature of chest wall involvement.