Current Thoracic Surgery 2020 , Vol 5 , Issue 2
An interesting chest wall tumor: lung cancer metastasis
Huseyin Yildiran1,Guven Sadi Sunam1,Osman Akdag2,Cemil Isik2
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Selcuk University Medical School, Konya, Turkey
2Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Selcuk University Medical School, Konya, Turkey
DOI : 10.26663/cts.2020.00020 Viewed : 3942 - Downloaded : 1182 Many treatment options are available for lung cancer, with the highest mortality among males. Pulmonary malignancies can be addressed by a wide spectrum of treatment approaches. Treatment options can be selected according to tumor localization. Chest wall metastasis, as reported in this study, is a very rare clinical condition in which the chest wall generally requires reconstruction after resection of the tumor. Keywords : lung cancer, chest wall, metastasis, reconstruction