A rare case of chest wall reconstruction in a child.

Int J Surg Case Rep

Dept of Paediatric surgery, IGICH, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Electronic address:

Published: July 2021

Introduction: Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumour (ES/PNET) is the most common malignant tumour of the chest wall in children and young adults. Chest wall defect left after complete resection of the involved ribs and chest wall defect requiring reconstruction, is surgically challenging for cosmetic as well as for functional purposes especially in growing children.

Importance: A rare but feasible and simple technique for a case of chest wall tumour reconstruction has been described here with its successful outcome with available composite muscular vascularised flap.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237295PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106123DOI Listing

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