[Functional reconstruction of the superficial posterior compartment of the leg after tumour ablation in an infant].
A 33-month-old female child was diagnosed with a papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma, a rare type of low-grade angiosarcoma, on the dorsal lower leg. The soleus and gastrocnemius muscle including the Achilles tendon and the subcutis and cutis were resected. The defect was functionally reconstructed by a neurovascular musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi free-flap transfer.
Goertz
Ole
O
BG Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Klinik für Plastische Chirurgie und Schwerbrandverletzte, Handchirurgiezentrum, Operatives Referenzzentrum für Gliedmassentumoren, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum. ole.goertz@rub.de
Lehnhardt
M
M
Hirsch
T
T
Stricker
I
I
Steinau
H U
HU
Homann
H H
HH
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery*; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000294:innervation*