Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
- Volume 24 Issue 1
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- Pages.28-31
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- 2015
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- 2383-5257(pISSN)
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- 2288-6184(eISSN)
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Preserved Respiratory Function after Reconstruction of a Large Chest Wall Defect
- Kim, Yu Jin (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
- Kim, Yoon Ji (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
- Lee, Jae-Ik (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
- Received : 2014.12.11
- Accepted : 2014.12.26
- Published : 2015.05.30
Abstract
A case report of a patient who developed radiation-induced sarcoma in the left chest wall is presented. The patient had partial mastectomy and adjuvant radiation therapy (total dose, 5,220 cGy) and chemotherapy. Five years later, she visited with rapidly growing mass with central ulceration in the irradiated chest wall. The mass was diagnosed as malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The chest wall mass resected en bloc (