Chest wall fibrolipoma presenting as a massive dumbbell tumour in a child

Primary Hydatid Disease of the Chest Wall Presenting as a Chest Wall Tumor

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease that is endemic in Mediterranean areas, South America, North Africa, Australia, and Iran. Although the liver and lung are the most common involved organs, but the other organs in human body also can be involved by hydatid cyst. Chest wall involvement by hydatid cyst is a rare condition, which may be misdiagnosed as chest wall tumor in the endemic areas. Herei...

Hydatid disease of the thorax with chest wall involvement presenting as a dumbbell tumor.

Isolated Sternal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Chest Wall Abscess: A Case Report

In India, pulmonary tuberculosis accounts for 85% of cases and extrapulmonary tuberculosis accounts for 15% of cases with bone and joint involvement is seen in 1 to 3% of cases. Primary tuberculous osteomyelitis of the sternum is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. A 51-year-old male presented with 10 years history of swelling over the anterior chest wall and pain for past 6 months. Fin...

Plastic Bronchitis in a Child Presenting as Surgical Emphysema

Plastic bronchitis (PB) refers to the presence of inspissated Bronchial casts (BC) is uncommon in children.Our case presented with subcutaneous emphysema as the dominant manifestation and was suspected to have foreign body in airway, but bronchoscopy revealed a bronchial cast. Subcutaneous emphysema as the initial/sole manifestation of plastic bronchitis is very rare in children.

Lymphomas presenting as chest wall tumors

Four cases of thoracic lymphoma mimicking chest wall tumors are presented. As resection is not the treatment of first choice in lymphomas, pretherapeutical evaluation of chest wall tumors should include a thoroughly staging and a biopsy for histopathological diagnosis. Chest wall destruction due to an anterior mediastinal mass, or a chest wall tumor associated with mediastinal lymph node enlarg...