PMC:2844379 / 1068-1886 JSONTXT

{"target":"http://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/2844379","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"2844379","source_url":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/2844379","text":"Case presentation\nWe report the case of a 70-year-old Caucasian woman who was referred to our hospital for the management of a retrosternal mediastinal mass. She had undergone radical mastectomy in 1999. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 74.23 × 37.7 × 133.6-mm mass in the anterior mediastinum adjacent to the main pulmonary artery, the right ventricle and the ascending aorta. We performed total sternectomy at all layers encompassing the skin, the subcutaneous tissues, the right pectoralis major muscle, all the costal cartilages, and the anterior part of the pericardium. The defect was immediately closed using a 0.6 mm Gore-Tex cardiovascular patch combined with a serratus anterior muscle flap. Our patient had remained asymptomatic during her follow-up examination after 18 months.","divisions":[{"label":"Title","span":{"begin":0,"end":17}}],"tracks":[]}