title: Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the chest wall: reconstruction with polypropylene mesh using a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap.
abstract: We report a case of dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the chest wall. After resection, the chest wall defect was reconstructed using polypropylene mesh and a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap. A 61-year-old woman presented with a 16-year history of a slow-growing mass underneath the right chest wall. After percutaneous biopsy, preoperative cytopathological examination of the large mass revealed dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma. The tumor was resected with a wide margin along with the chest wall including skin, the right seventh to tenth ribs, and part of the diaphragm. The chest wall defect was reconstructed with a polypropylene (Marlex) mesh sheet followed by a left-side transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. noda.m@idac.tohoku.ac.jp
authors: Masafumi
authors: M
authors: Noda
authors: Chiaki
authors: C
authors: Endo
authors: Tomoko
authors: T
authors: Hosaka
authors: Tetsu
authors: T
authors: Sado
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Sakurada
authors: Yasushi
authors: Y
authors: Hoshikawa
authors: Yoshinori
authors: Y
authors: Okada
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Kondo
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D054337:Cell Dedifferentiation; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011126:Polypropylenes; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes