Radical resection of a giant recurrent chondrosarcoma of the anterior chest wall
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Necati اitak, MD · Alper اelikten, MD Muzaffer Metin, MD · Atilla Pekçolaklar, MD Atilla Gürses, MD
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
A 63-year-old woman presented with a giant anterior chest wall tumor. She had undergone an operation 5 years previously for sternal chondrosarcoma at another medical center. Here, the patient underwent further surgery: a radical en bloc resection of an 18 × 18 cm portion of her anterior chest wall was performed, including the proximal ends of both clavicles, the fi rst three costochondral joints bilaterally, and the tumor mass. The large chest wall defect was reconstructed in two layers: the fi rst with a polypropylene mesh and a pedicled latissimus dorsi muscle fl ap as the second. She is healthy 20 months postoperatively.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 59:512–514 DOI 10.1007/s11748-010-0714-8 Received: 26 April 2010 / Accepted: 12 September 2010
