A rare tumor of the chest wall: Elastofibroma Dorsi
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Giant Chest Wall Hematoma Mimicking Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Case Report
wall are uncommon (1). In addition, hematomas on the thoracic wall are very rare (2), although there have been a few case reports about chronic expanding hematomas in the thorax (2-4). Yet to the best of our knowledge, a huge, rapidly growing hematoma of the chest wall at the same location as an elastofibroma dorsi has not been previously reported. We describe here a 63-year-old man who was wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Balıkesır Health Sciences Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2147-2238
DOI: 10.5505/bsbd.2017.05925