Revista NCT

Costal exostosis as an infrequent cause of hemothorax. Case report

Soto-Ramos, Mario^1,4; Hernández-Saldaña, Raúl^1,3; Hinojos-Gallardo, Luis Carlos^1,2;,⁵ Treviño-Zúñiga, Marcela^1,2; Guerrero-Lucio, Noé^1,2; Rascón-Díaz, Luis Roberto⁴; Ramos-Martínez, Ernesto⁶; García-Sáenz, Ruth Yazmín^4,7; Ríos-Contreras, Carlos Alberto⁷; Salazar-Ortíz, Cristal Ariadne¹

2020, Number 4

2020; 79 (4)

ABSTRACT

Osteochondromas or osteocartilaginous exostoses are the most frequent benign neoplasms of the chest, despite which they are exceptional. Isolated or multiple lesions can be found, forming part of a genetic disorder called-hereditary multiple cartilage exostosis. Spontaneous hemothorax is an unusual presentation of rib exostoses. We describe the case of a 13-year-old male adolescent with spontaneous hemothorax, secondary to rib exostosis, demonstrated by imaging techniques. Surgical treatment was performed by thoracoscopy and thoracotomy with resection of the lesion.

KEYWORDS

Osteochondromas, exostosis, rib, hemotrax.

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