- Etiology: arise in rib, benign proliferation of skeletal tissue characterized by a prominent cartilaginous component and hemorrhagic cavities (secondary aneurysmal bone cyst)
- Imaging: large, extrapleural, partially calcified soft-tissue mass arising from one or more ribs, with associated destruction and distortion of adjacent bony thorax
- Complications: may cause severe respiratory compromise
- Treatment: resection
- Clinical: deforming chest wall mass often noticed at birth
Radiology Cases of Mesenchymal Hamartoma of Chest Wall
