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Chest Wall Chondromesenchymal Hamartoma

MedGen UID:
353536
•Concept ID:
C1707377
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A rare benign lesion that arises from the rib cage and affects infants. It results in the formation of a mass which is composed of spindle cells, cartilage, and hemorrhagic cysts. Surgical resection is usually curative. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChest Wall Chondromesenchymal Hamartoma

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Chondromesenchymal hamartomas in a 24-year-old male mimicking a posterior mediastinal tumor and a 5-month-old boy with postoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation: two case reports.
Li Y, Zheng D, Zuo M, Li Y, Zhang H
Diagn Pathol 2020 May 12;15(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s13000-020-00940-0. PMID: 32398154Free PMC Article
Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma, a rare pediatric tumor: Case report.
Ünal A, Kum RO, Avcı Y, Ünal DT
Turk J Pediatr 2016;58(2):208-211. doi: 10.24953/turkjped.2016.02.014. PMID: 27976564
Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma: report of a case and review of the literature.
Norman ES, Bergman S, Trupiano JK
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2004 Sep-Oct;7(5):517-20. Epub 2004 Jul 30 doi: 10.1007/s10024-004-1003-2. PMID: 15547776
Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma of infancy clinically mimicking meningoencephalocele.
Kim B, Park SH, Min HS, Rhee JS, Wang KC
Pediatr Neurosurg 2004 May-Jun;40(3):136-40. doi: 10.1159/000079857. PMID: 15367805
Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma: an upper respiratory tract analogue of the chest wall mesenchymal hamartoma.
McDermott MB, Ponder TB, Dehner LP
Am J Surg Pathol 1998 Apr;22(4):425-33. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199804000-00006. PMID: 9537469

Therapy

Chondromesenchymal hamartomas in a 24-year-old male mimicking a posterior mediastinal tumor and a 5-month-old boy with postoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation: two case reports.
Li Y, Zheng D, Zuo M, Li Y, Zhang H
Diagn Pathol 2020 May 12;15(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s13000-020-00940-0. PMID: 32398154Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Chondromesenchymal hamartomas in a 24-year-old male mimicking a posterior mediastinal tumor and a 5-month-old boy with postoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation: two case reports.
Li Y, Zheng D, Zuo M, Li Y, Zhang H
Diagn Pathol 2020 May 12;15(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s13000-020-00940-0. PMID: 32398154Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Chest wall and nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma in a toddler: treated during a global pandemic.
Zaldivar JKD, Bautista E, Gagto JO
BMJ Case Rep 2023 Oct 24;16(10) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-252019. PMID: 37879704Free PMC Article

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