title: Giant chondrosarcoma of chest wall.
abstract: Primary chest wall tumours are very rare. Chondrosarcoma is the most common tumour arising from the chest wall. We describe the occurrence of a slow-growing chondrosarcoma arising from the anterior chest wall in a 35-year-old male patient. The tumour was resected successfully and chest wall was reconstucted with prolene mesh and muscle flap. The patient was discharged uneventfully without any respiratory compromise. There was no recurrence after a three-year follow-up. Wide surgical resection with chest wall reconstruction appears to be the preferred treatment option for this rare tumour of the chest wall.
authors.forename: Kaushik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Madhusudan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Enakshi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maity
authors.forename: Suranjan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Halder
authors.forename: Rajarshi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064827:Myocutaneous Flap; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome