A case of monostotic fibrous dysplasia detected in the rib after a sports injury

Abstract

A forty-six-year-old man with right lateral chest pain was admitted to our clinic. He had a history of a sports injury in the same region that had occurred while wrestling three months previously. Computed tomography of the chest showed a cystic rib lesion of 6 cm in diameter with calcific inclusion. The lesion was removed with excisional biopsy. The result of the pathological examination was reported as fibrous dysplasia. The patient was uneventfully discharged on the third postoperative day. At the 12-month follow-up, patient was fully recovered and no recurrence was detected. Fibrous dysplasia is a common benign congenital lesion that can involve one or more bones. In this article we present a case of monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the rib which developed after a sports injury. This is the first case of its kind reported in the literature.