Resection of a Chest Chondrosarcoma Invading the Spine and the Aorta

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 534 - 535
• Main Authors: Noirhomme, Philippe, d’Udekem, Yves, Munting, Everard, El Khoury, Gebrine, Humblet, Yves, Dion, Robert A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.02.1998; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Aorta, Thoracic - pathology; Aorta, Thoracic - surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Bone Neoplasms - pathology; Bone Neoplasms - surgery; chest chondrosarcoma; Chondrosarcoma - pathology; Chondrosarcoma - surgery; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Ribs; Spinal Neoplasms - pathology; Spinal Neoplasms - surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the respiratory system; Thoracic Vertebrae - pathology; Thoracic Vertebrae - surgery; vertebrectomy; chest chondrosarcoma; vertebrectomy; Human; Chondrosarcoma; Resection; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Cardiovascular disease; Malignant tumor; Spine disease; Rib(bone); Thoracotomy; Case study; Cartilage; Treatment; Surgery; Adult; Aorta; Complication; Technique; Aortic disease
• ISSN: 0003-4975; 1552-6259
• DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01266-6

A 34-year-old man presented with a large chondrosarcoma of the chest invading six ribs and the vertebral bodies of five adjacent thoracic vertebrae. En bloc resection of the tumor with six ribs, the anterior part of five vertebral bodies, and the thoracic aorta was performed through a thoracotomy and a paravertebral incision.