Abstract
Exostosis, or osteochondroma, is an irregular bone growth commonly occurring near the femur, scapula, humerus and ribs. It can be a single isolated lesion or multiple lesions as in hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) which is a genetic autosomal dominant disorder. Although often asymptomatic, complications such as haemothorax are rare and have serious implications if not promptly recognised. We report a 15-year-old male patient who presented to a tertiary care hospital in Muscat, Oman, in 2023 who presented with progressive chest pain and dyspnoea. The patient had a family history of HME. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) confirmed the osteochondromatous lesions on the 8th rib, which was causing the haemothorax. The lesion was resected and post-surgery, the symptoms resolved. No recurrence was documented up to the time of writing this report.
Publication Date
5-2-2025
First Page
288
Last Page
292
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Recommended Citation
Noumani, Jawahar H. Al; Rawahi, Shathra S. Al; Alshaharli, Abdullah G.; Farhan, Hatem Al; Kindi, Adil H. Al; and Alawi, Abdullah M. Al
(2025)
"Haemothorax as an Unusual Presentation of Osteochondroma: A case report and brief literature review,"
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 25: 288-292.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.2823
