CASE REPORTS

Chondrosarcoma of the rib: Atypical presentation and management

Klein Dantis1, Nitin Kumar Kashyap¹, Shiva Thakur¹, Nighat Hussain², Subrata Kumar Singha³

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India
² Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India
³ Department of Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Klein Dantis Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur 492099, Chhattisgarh India

Source of Support: None
Conflict of Interest: None

Chondrosarcoma is an uncommon malignant tumor of the rib and can have an atypical presentation based on age, gender, and clinical manifestation with differential diagnosis of intrathoracic mass. Management is surgical as the tumor is resistant to chemoradiation. Access to chest wall reconstruction is limited in many low-income countries and forms a barrier to patient compliance. We report an atypical presentation and describe a simple, easy, and cost-effective chest wall reconstruction method for chondrosarcoma of the rib in any resource-constrained setting.