Primary @entity5 of the chest wall are uncommon. @entity511 is the most common @entity5 of the sternum. The current therapy for @entity511 requires adequate surgical excision. A 52-year-old @entity1 presented with a lower-sternal mass. Thorax computed tomography (CT) revealed a well-lineated, hypodense and round mass, which highly suggested the @entity242 of the chest wall. The @entity5 involved 1/3 distal part of the corpus sterni. Incisional biopsy of the mass was reported as @entity511 . In order to obtain disease-free surgical margins, 1/3 distal part of the sternum with costochondral junctions was resected and reconstruction of anterior chest wall was performed with @entity702 mesh. The postoperative course was uneventful. The @entity702 mesh provided the essential @entity2003 and minimal elasticity over the surgical wound. Our findings show that this technique is adequate even for reconstructing extensive defects of the anterior chest wall.

@entity511 of the anterior chest wall: surgical resection and reconstruction with XXXX mesh.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['man'] @entity511 :: ('MESH:D002813', 'Disease') :: ['chondrosarcoma', 'Chondrosarcoma'] @entity2003 :: ('MESH:D009127', 'Disease') :: ['rigidity'] @entity242 :: ('MESH:D012509', 'Disease') :: ['sarcoma'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'malignant tumors', 'malignancy'] @entity702 :: ('MESH:D014025', 'Chemical') :: ['titanium']
@entity702 :: (MESH:D014025,Chemical) :: ['titanium']
