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chest wall mass
Etiology:
- neoplasm vs infection
- benign neoplasms
- osteochondroma
- fibrous dysplasia
- chondroma
- malignant
- chondrosarcoma
- Askin tumor
- osteosarcoma
- plasmacytoma
- lymphoma
- infections
- bacterial infection
- Staphylococcus aureus,
- Streptococcus
- Pseudomonas
- Actinomyces
- Nocardia
- soft tissue infections/abscesses are often polymicrobial
- Fungal infection
- Aspergillus
Epidemiology:
- primary chest wall neoplasms account for only 5% of all thoracic neoplasms
- ~60% of primary chest wall tumors are malignant
General
mass lesion
References
- Chest Wall Masses - Differential Diagnosis
http://errolozdalga.com/medicine/pages/chestwallmasses.cr.4.8.11.html