Sarcoma Arising from the Chest Wall : A Case Report

Giant bleeding post-traumatic thoracic sarcoma management: A case report

The heterogeneity of thoracic wall tumors often represents challenging clinical entities for surgeons due to diagnostic and treatment complexities. The primary tumors, metastases, or direct invasion from intrathoracic structures comprise almost half of all cases on average that are proved to be malignant. Surgery treatment usually leaves large chest defects that require further extensive reconstruction and multimodal management including radiotherapy and chemotherapy. We report a rare case of a giant (30 cm) post-traumatic bleeding thoracic sarcoma treatment in a 70-year-old female. The use of our modified Verneuil technique to close the extensive postoperative skin defect optimized surgical wound management and provided good functional and aesthetic results. Four-year follow-up outcomes after surgical and adjuvant radiation therapy reported a high level of tumor control and showed no evidence of postoperative disease recurrence.

Surgical approach and prognosis of primitive chest wall alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in an adult: A case report and review of the literature

Alveolar rhabdomyosarcomas (ARMS) are rare entities that occur predominantly on the extremities and represent 20% of rhabdomyosarcomas. Other common locations include the peri-rectal and perineal regions, head and neck, and genitourinary system. To our knowledge, this presentation is the first case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the chest wall reported in the literature. Here, we describe a case of a 64-year-old man with alveolar rhabdomyosarcomas who underwent a chest wall resection. The defect was reconstructed with polypropylene mesh and latissimus dorsi muscle. Our patient did not show recurrence ten months after complete resection. The present paper describes our surgical approach to a case of primary alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the chest wall in an adult. The authors discuss the principal judgment criteria for successful surgical resection and prognosis, highlighting the relevance of chest wall reconstruction and their complementary aspects in the multimodal management of this rare entity.