[Functional reconstruction of the superficial posterior compartment of the leg after tumour ablation in an infant]

(Funktionelle Rekonstruktion des M. triceps surae nach onkologiegerechter Tumorresektion beim Kleinkind.)

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A 33-month-old female child was diagnosed with a papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma, a rare type of low-grade angiosarcoma, on the dorsal lower leg. The soleus and gastrocnemius muscle including the Achilles tendon and the subcutis and cutis were resected. The defect was functionally reconstructed by a neurovascular musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi free-flap transfer. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart * New York.

Author information

Author/s: Goertz, Ole (O); Lehnhardt, M (M); Hirsch, T (T); Stricker, I (I); Steinau, H U (HU); Homann, H H (HH);

Affiliation: BG Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Klinik für Plastische Chirurgie und Schwerbrandverletzte, Handchirurgiezentrum, Operatives Referenzzentrum für Gliedmassentumoren, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum. ole.goertz(-atsign-)rub.de

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefässe : Organ der Vereinigung der Deutschen Plastischen Chirurgen (Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir), published in Germany. (Language: ger)

Reference: 2009-Aug; vol 41 (issue 4) : pp 244-7

Dates: Created 2009/08/18; Completed 2009/11/02;

PMID: 19688654, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/2/2009, IMS Date: )

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