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Orthopaedic Case of the Month: A 25-Year-Old Man with a Paramedian Painful Lump over the Anterior Chest Wall

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We thank Dr Anuradha Sural, Consultant Radiologist, St. Stephens Hospital, New Delhi and Mr Abhishek Talwar, Quality Engineering Manager, Adobe Systems Inc, Noida, India, for their help in improving the presentation of article.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002, India

    Sumit Arora MS Ortho, DNB Ortho, Sumit Sural MS Ortho & Anil Dhal MS Ortho

  2. C/o Mr. Sham Khanna, 2/2, Vijay Nagar, Delhi, 110009, India

    Sumit Arora MS Ortho, DNB Ortho

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This work was performed at Maulana Azad Medical College & associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.

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Arora, S., Sural, S. & Dhal, A. Orthopaedic Case of the Month: A 25-Year-Old Man with a Paramedian Painful Lump over the Anterior Chest Wall. Clin Orthop Relat Res 469, 2670–2675 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-1965-0

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