Combined extensive chest and neck reconstructions is a challenging procedure. The rapid development in microvascular surgery has allowed the cancer surgeons to successfully resect and reconstruct advanced malignancies in the neck and thoracic region. Herein we present a young female diagnosed with malignant mesenchymal sarcoma of the right side of the neck extending to right upper lung and anterior mediastinum. The patient was successfully treated with two microvascular free flaps in a multidisciplinary approach. Wide local resection of the tumor was done along with removal of right upper pulmonary lobe and the subclavian vessels. Vascular reconstruction was done with polytetrafluoroethylene grafts. A free fibula osteocutaneous flap was used for stabilization and reconstruction of the clavicle. Anterolateral thigh flap with vastus lateralis muscle was used for soft tissue reconstruction. All flaps survived and the patient had a good recovery at three months of follow-up. Future reports suggesting guidelines or algorithms for complex chest wall reconstruction should benefit of similar scenarios to the one reported here.
Keywords: case report; chest wall; clavicle reconstruction; microvascular; thoracic malignancy; vascular reconstruction.
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