Abstract
Thirty chest wall tumors were evaluated over a 3-year period at two major medical centers; a nonradical excisional biopsy technique was used. The majority of the lesions were benign; the small number of malignancies consisted of either plasmacytomas or metastatic neoplasms. These findings support a limited excisional biopsy as the recommended initial diagnostic approach for all chest wall tumors.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Biopsy
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Breast Neoplasms
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Chondroma / pathology
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Chondroma / surgery
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Female
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Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / pathology
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Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / surgery
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Humans
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Lung Neoplasms
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Plasmacytoma / pathology
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Plasmacytoma / surgery
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Thoracic Neoplasms / pathology*
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Thoracic Neoplasms / secondary
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Thoracic Neoplasms / surgery
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Thorax / pathology*