Materials and Methods: All patients operated between January 2013 and July 2015 in a single center were retrospectively analyzed and patients having chest wall tumors were included in this study.
Results: Among 1073 operations performed during the same period of time, twenty-five patients with primary chest wall tumors were included in this study; 17 were women (68%) and the mean age was 47.6 ± 16.1. The most common symptom was pain (68%). Twenty-four of the lesions were totally excised and reconstructive interventions were added if necessary. Definitive diagnosis was as follows; elastofibroma dorsi in 10 patients (40%), fibrous dysplasia in 3 (12%), and some other rare tumors in the remaining. Twenty-two (88%) of the lesions were benign.
Conclusions: It is observed that the frequency of chest wall tumors is not so high, and most of the lesions are benign which can be resected completely.
