RESECTION OF A CHEST CHONDROSARCOMA INVADING THE SPINE AND THE AORTA

Authors
NOIRHOMME P DUDEKEM Y MUNTING E ELKHOURY G HUMBLET Y DION RA
Citation
P. Noirhomme et al., RESECTION OF A CHEST CHONDROSARCOMA INVADING THE SPINE AND THE AORTA, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 65(2), 1998, pp. 534-535
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
65
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
534 - 535
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)65:2<534:ROACCI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A 34-year-old man presented with a large chondrosarcoma of the chest i nvading six ribs and the vertebral bodies of five adjacent thoracic ve rtebrae. En bloc resection of the tumor with six ribs, the anterior pa rt of five vertebral bodies, and the thoracic aorta was performed thro ugh a thoracotomy and a paravertebral incision. (C) 1998 by The Societ y of Thoracic Surgeons.