%0 Journal Article
%T Lymphomas presenting as chest wall tumors
%A Witte
%A Biruta
%A H¨¹rtgen
%A Martin
%J GMS Thoracic Surgical Science
%D 2006
%I 
%X Four cases of thoracic lymphoma mimicking chest wall tumors are presented. As resection is not the treatment of first choice in lymphomas, pretherapeutical evaluation of chest wall tumors should include a thoroughly staging and a biopsy for histopathological diagnosis. Chest wall destruction due to an anterior mediastinal mass, or a chest wall tumor associated with mediastinal lymph node enlargement, could be suspicious of thoracic lymphoma. Lymphoma with chest wall involvement mostly turns out to be Hodgkin's disease or large B-cell lymphoma. Stage and histopathological diagnosis have major impact on treatment and prognosis. Therapy is chemotherapy or chemo-radiation.
%K chest wall tumor
%K lymphoma
%K thoracic neoplasms
%U http://www.egms.de/en/journals/tss/2006-3/tss000008.shtml