Cholesterol Granuloma: A Rare Benign Rib Tumor Young Jo Sa, MD, Sun Jin Hwang, MD, Sung Bo Sim, MD, PhD, Sun Hee Lee, MD, PhD, Seok Whan Moon, MD, PhD, Chan Beom Park, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 95, Issue 5, Pages 1801-1803 (May 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.044 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Chest roentgenogram showing an expansile and osteolytic lesion (red arrows) in the right second rib. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1801-1803DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.044) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Chest computed tomographic scan revealing a cystic lesion (red arrow) with internal nodular calcification in the (B) anterior arc of the right second rib. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1801-1803DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.044) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Histopathologic examination revealing numerous cholesterol clefts surrounded by multinucleated giant cells and lymphocytes (hematoxylin & eosin stain; magnification ×100). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1801-1803DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.044) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions