Current Thoracic Surgery
2020 , Vol 5 , Issue 2
An interesting chest wall tumor: lung cancer metastasis
Current Thoracic Surgery 2020;5(2):095-098. (27 March 2020)
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
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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