Chest wall parachordoma

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1999 Nov;16(5):573-5. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00303-6.

Abstract

A 21-year-old woman with a painful chest wall mass was found to have a parachordoma (PC). The tumor arose from the fifth intercostal space. A wide chest wall resection including the tumor and a 2.5 cm free margin and the subsequent reconstruction with a Gore-Tex soft tissue patch covered with a latissimus dorsi rotational flap was performed. To our knowledge, chest wall parachordoma has not been previously reported in the medical literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chordoma / pathology*
  • Chordoma / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intercostal Muscles*
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Thoracotomy
  • Treatment Outcome