Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Oct;110(4):e281-e283. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.044. Epub 2020 Mar 26.
Many different benign and malignant tumors develop in the chest wall and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to clinicians. Chest wall schwannomas of the intercostal nerve are rare. This report describes the clinical and imaging findings of a patient who presented with persistent and progressive chest pain. The intercostal tumor was treated using wide excision with chest wall reconstruction and titanium plate fixation. Schwannoma was diagnosed on the basis of histopathologic examination.
许多不同的良性和恶性肿瘤在胸壁中发展,对临床医生构成了诊断和治疗挑战。肋间神经的胸壁神经鞘瘤非常罕见。本报告描述了一位以持续性和进行性胸痛为表现的患者的临床和影像学发现。通过广泛切除胸壁重建和钛板固定来治疗肋间肿瘤。根据组织病理学检查诊断为神经鞘瘤。