Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2008 Dec;41(6):795-798.
High Grade Sarcoma Arising from the Chest Wall of a Chronic Tuberculous Empyema: A case report
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea. sholeemd@korea.ac.kr
Abstract
- A 50 year old male patient was admitted due to fever and left upper-quadrant abdominal pain. He had a history of previous treatment for pulmonary TB and splenectomy due to aplastic anemia. A large peritoneal abscess with connection to a chronic left side tuberculous empyema thoracis was diagnosed on admission. Chest CT also revealed a soft tissue lesion on the left anterior chest wall. Staged drainage of the peritoneal lesion followed by left side pleuropneumonectomy with chest wall resection was performed. The pathologic studies showed a high grade sarcoma of the chest wall.
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