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Resection of large primary chest wall chondrosarcoma with reconstruction: 2 case reports

Wong PS 1 , Tan GP 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 P S Wong, FRCS (CTh). Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sultanah Aminah Hospital, 80100 Johor Bahru, Johore
  • 2 G P Tan, FRCSEd. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sultanah Aminah Hospital, 80100 Johor Bahru, Johore
Med J Malaysia, 2000 Dec;55(4):516-9.
PMID: 11221168

Abstract

We report two cases of large chest wall primary chondrosarcoma, one of the sternum and the other of the lateral chest wall. Both were treated by radical resection and reconstruction using marlex mesh and methyl methacrylate "sandwich" prosthesis and pedicled latissiumus dorsi flap.

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