Giant chondrosarcoma of rib: surgical resection and reconstruction with titanium bar, polypropylene mesh, and muscle advancement flap
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Method Examination of 76-year-old male patient with anemia revealed a giant mass at anterior side of the right hemithorax. The mass with the story of slowly growing for 20 years which causing pain in the last 15 days revealed no involvement in bone scintigraphy. His chest CT showed erosion and destruction of 6.rib and 11 × 7.8 cm mass with millimetric calcifications and intermediate indistinct borders of the pectoral muscles. True-cut biopsy revealed findings consistent with chondrosarcoma.
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دوره 10 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015