TY - JOUR
T1 - Gorham's disease of the chest wall
T2 - CT and MR characteristics
AU - Okafuji, Takashi
AU - Yabuuchi, Hidetake
AU - Soeda, Hiroyasu
AU - Takahashi, Naoki
AU - Hatakenaka, Masamitsu
AU - Sakai, Shuji
AU - Nishihara, Yunosuke
AU - Noda, Naotaka
AU - Inoshima, Ichiro
AU - Honda, Hiroshi
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - We report a case of Gorham's disease of the chest wall in a 29-year-old man. A chest radiograph showed osteolysis of the left first, second, and third ribs. CT and MR images revealed a soft tissue mass around the affected ribs. The mass presented as having heterogeneous high signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images, and it showed minimal enhancement on contrast-enhanced MR images. A histologic specimen obtained by incisional biopsy from the left third rib revealed proliferation of lymphangiomatous tissue in the bone marrow. A diagnosis of Gorham's disease was made based on these clinical, radiologic, and histologic findings.
AB - We report a case of Gorham's disease of the chest wall in a 29-year-old man. A chest radiograph showed osteolysis of the left first, second, and third ribs. CT and MR images revealed a soft tissue mass around the affected ribs. The mass presented as having heterogeneous high signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images, and it showed minimal enhancement on contrast-enhanced MR images. A histologic specimen obtained by incisional biopsy from the left third rib revealed proliferation of lymphangiomatous tissue in the bone marrow. A diagnosis of Gorham's disease was made based on these clinical, radiologic, and histologic findings.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.rti.0000186997.38447.47
DO - 10.1097/01.rti.0000186997.38447.47
M3 - Article
C2 - 16282906
AN - SCOPUS:28044469639
VL - 20
SP - 284
EP - 287
JO - Journal of Thoracic Imaging
JF - Journal of Thoracic Imaging
SN - 0883-5993
IS - 4
ER -