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A rare case of chest wall reconstruction in a child
INTRODUCTION: Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumour (ES/PNET) is the most common malignant tumour of the chest wall in children and young adults. Chest wall defect left after complete resection of the involved ribs and chest wall defect requiring reconstruction, is surgically challenging fo...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237295/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34157546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106123 |
Sumario: | INTRODUCTION: Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumour (ES/PNET) is the most common malignant tumour of the chest wall in children and young adults. Chest wall defect left after complete resection of the involved ribs and chest wall defect requiring reconstruction, is surgically challenging for cosmetic as well as for functional purposes especially in growing children. IMPORTANCE: A rare but feasible and simple technique for a case of chest wall tumour reconstruction has been described here with its successful outcome with available composite muscular vascularised flap. |
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