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Aortic Valve Replacement with Simultaneous Chest Wall Reconstruction for Radiation‐Induced Sarcoma
Author(s) -
Sachithanandan Anand,
Dandekar Uday,
Grimer Robert,
Peart Francis,
Rooney Stephen J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00490.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoma , radiology , pathology
Sarcomas, a rare complication of radiotherapy for breast carcinoma, have a poor prognosis. We describe a lady with previous mantle radiotherapy exposure, who developed a radiation‐induced chest wall sarcoma. She underwent simultaneous aortic valve replacement (AVR) for severe aortic stenosis and excision of the sarcoma. Chest wall reconstruction was achieved with a composite marlex cement plate and a pedicled latissimus dorsi muscle flap.