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Unusual presentation of rib exostosis
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Unusual presentation of rib exostosis

Waseem M Hajjar, Yasser M El-Medany, Mohamed A Essa, Mohamad A Rafay, Mahmoud H Ashour and Khaled M Al-Kattan
The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol.75(2), pp.575-577
01/02/2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04326-6
PMID: 12607679

Abstract

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We report two cases of unusual presentation of rib exostosis. The first patient presented acutely with hemorrhagic shock due to massive hemothorax, and the second patient presented with repetitive chest infection complicated by empyema. In both patients, preoperative computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest revealed rib exostoses, necessitating thoracotomy and rib resection.

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