PSEUDOTUMORAL CHESTWALL DISTORTION THROUGH SCOLIOSIS AND ROTATION – POSSIBLE COMPLICATION OF CHILDHOOD THORACOTOMY
Abstract:
We present a 31-year-old female patient, with a history of postero-lateral thoracotomy
performed during childhood for the correction of an aortic coarctation who was referred to our unit with
the diagnosis of chest wall tumour for biopsy/resection. At the local examination, an obvious distortion
of the left side of the antero-inferior chest wall was noted. The computed tomography (CT) scan showed
a severe scoliosis associated with rotation, the pseudotumoral distortion being the result of the anterior
displacement of the chest wall secondary to the rotation of the vertebral column and trunk. The patient
follows a conservative treatment (kinetotherapy). The case is interesting through severity and imagistic
aspect. A correct evaluation of the CT scan has avoided unnecessary invasive procedures
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