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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;24:825
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Giant chest wall tumor

Charalambos Zisis*, Apostolos Dountsis, Jubrail Dahabreh

Thoracic Surgery Department, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece

Received 13 July 2003; accepted 22 July 2003.

* Corresponding author. 17A, Patriarchou Grigoriou Str, 166 74 Glyfada, Greece. Tel.: +30-2109651639; fax: +30-2106108740
e-mail: dkakats{at}cc.uoa.gr

Key Words: Chest wall tumor • Chondrosarcoma • Giant • Resection

A 72-year-old male with a huge tumor of the left chest wall (Fig. 1) , dramatically increased during the last 6 months, is reported. Radical resection included the five lower ribs, the diaphragm, the left rectus and oblique abdominal muscles. Pathology showed a 23-kg malignant chondrosarcoma (Fig. 2) .



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  		Fig. 1. Preoperative MRI showing the extent of the tumor compressing the heart and left lung.

 


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  		Fig. 2. Surgical specimen of the tumor resected.

 




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