Huge chondrosarcoma on the anterior chest wall.
- Author:
Young Woo PARK
1
;
Won Ho CHANG
;
Min Sung TAK
;
Young Mann LEE
;
Jeong Kwan KO
;
Cheol Sae LEE
;
Hyung Joo PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Chunan Hospital, Korea. hyjpark@sparc.schch.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Chondrosarcoma;
Mediastinal neoplasm;
Surgical flaps
- MeSH:
Chondrosarcoma*;
Clavicle;
Female;
Free Tissue Flaps;
Heart;
Humans;
Manubrium;
Mediastinal Neoplasms;
Middle Aged;
Pericardium;
Pleura;
Polytetrafluoroethylene;
Ribs;
Sternum;
Superficial Back Muscles;
Surgical Flaps;
Thoracic Wall*;
Thorax*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2001;34(12):960-963
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Huge chondrosarcoma is a rare form of primary malignant tumor of the chest wall. We operated on a 60 year old female patient who had a huge anterior chest wall mass with local invasion into the pericardium and satellite tumors on the visceral pericardium of the heart. En-bloc resection of the huge tumor including both upper 3 ribs, both clavicles, manubrium of the sternum, pleura, and pericarium, was followed by complex chest wall reconstruction using a Gore-tex soft tissue patch and latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous free flap.
