Mesenchymal Hamartoma of the Chest Wall in an Infant – A Benign Entity Masquerading as Malignancy

Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall is a rare tumor-like lesion encountered in neonates and infants. Although typically benign with no metastatic potential, it has alarming imaging and pathological features that mimic malignancy. We describe the imaging, surgical, and pathological features of th...

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Autores principales: Mahalingam, Harshavardhan, Ramasundaram, Madhu, Rajendiran, Swaminathan, Jayaraman, Dhaarani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8286021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34321791
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_84_20
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author Mahalingam, Harshavardhan
Ramasundaram, Madhu
Rajendiran, Swaminathan
Jayaraman, Dhaarani
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description Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall is a rare tumor-like lesion encountered in neonates and infants. Although typically benign with no metastatic potential, it has alarming imaging and pathological features that mimic malignancy. We describe the imaging, surgical, and pathological features of this rare entity in a 1-month-old infant.
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spelling pubmed-82860212021-07-27 Mesenchymal Hamartoma of the Chest Wall in an Infant – A Benign Entity Masquerading as Malignancy Mahalingam, Harshavardhan Ramasundaram, Madhu Rajendiran, Swaminathan Jayaraman, Dhaarani J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall is a rare tumor-like lesion encountered in neonates and infants. Although typically benign with no metastatic potential, it has alarming imaging and pathological features that mimic malignancy. We describe the imaging, surgical, and pathological features of this rare entity in a 1-month-old infant. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8286021/ /pubmed/34321791 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_84_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Mahalingam, Harshavardhan
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Mesenchymal Hamartoma of the Chest Wall in an Infant – A Benign Entity Masquerading as Malignancy
title Mesenchymal Hamartoma of the Chest Wall in an Infant – A Benign Entity Masquerading as Malignancy
title_full Mesenchymal Hamartoma of the Chest Wall in an Infant – A Benign Entity Masquerading as Malignancy
title_fullStr Mesenchymal Hamartoma of the Chest Wall in an Infant – A Benign Entity Masquerading as Malignancy
title_full_unstemmed Mesenchymal Hamartoma of the Chest Wall in an Infant – A Benign Entity Masquerading as Malignancy
title_short Mesenchymal Hamartoma of the Chest Wall in an Infant – A Benign Entity Masquerading as Malignancy
title_sort mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in an infant – a benign entity masquerading as malignancy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8286021/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_84_20
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