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(Chest. 1972;62:330-331.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

Benign Osteolytic Lesions with Rib Fractures

Norman Cooper M.D.1 and Jack E. Arrants M.D.2

1 Associate in Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
2 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

We present a case in which, following exploratory thoracotomy for a benign lesion, the patient developed progressive osteolytic lesions visible on x-ray film. Because these might represent an undiagnosed malignancy, re-exploration was undertaken with the finding that these lesions were actual fractures with callous formation produced by the use of nonabsorbable suture material in the chest closure.






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