Giant chest wall tumour invading the abdominal cavity: simultaneous reconstruction of the chest wall and hemidiaphragm.
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© 2008 Association médicale canadienne S excision of malignant chest wall tumours may be either palliative or curative. We present a case of a myxoid chondrosarcoma that arose from the lateral chest wall, invaded the right hemidiaphragm and was compressing the right hepatic lobe. An extensive resection of the right lower quadrant of the chest wall and a wide part of the right hemidiaphragm was carried out with simultaneous reconstruction of both defects.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie
دوره 51 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008