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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 10, 217-219, Copyright © 1996 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Sternal resection for primary presternal and retrosternal mediastinal liposarcoma

PE Van Schil, R Van Look, EL Van Calster, AT Van Oosterom and EI Hauben
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.

In a 34-year-old patient, sternal resection was necessary for complete removal of a primary mediastinal myxoid liposarcoma grade I, which had grown around the right sternal border. Reconstruction was by the methylmethacrylate sandwich technique. Five months postoperatively part of the device had to be removed due to persistent inflammation. Two years after the initial operation there is no evidence of local recurrence or distant metastases.

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