TY - JOUR AU - Kameda, Toru AU - Makino, Takashi AU - Sakai, Takamitsu AU - Koezuka, Satoshi AU - Otsuka, Hajime AU - Hata, Yoshinobu AU - Tochigi, Naobumi AU - Shibuya, Kazutoshi AU - Iyoda, Akira PY - 2016 DA - 2016/03/05 TI - Asymptomatic costal exostosis with thickening in the pericardium: a case report JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 36 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Costal exostosis is a benign condition that sometimes requires emergent surgery because of associated hemothorax; in addition, there have been cases with malignant transformation to chondrosarcoma. Here, we describe an asymptomatic patient who underwent thoracoscopic resection for primary costal exostosis. SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0431-1 DO - 10.1186/s13019-016-0431-1 ID - Kameda2016 ER -