Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infancy - Case report

Le Hoai Giang1, Tran Phan Linh1,
1 Diagnostic Imaging Department of National Children's Hospital

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We present the case of the chest wall tumor in children that was diagnosed and treated in NHP, Hanoi. The child aged 6 month old which was attended to hospital with an asymptomatic chest-wall mass. The child was examined by chest X ray, thoracic CT scanner and MRI. Biopsy of the tumor revealed the diagnosis of mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall.

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