Efficacy of an expandable prosthesis placement after left pneumonectomy for soft tissue Ewing sarcoma in a 5-year-old child: 10 years follow-up

Margaux Langeron; Naziha Khen-Dunlop; Sylvie Helfre; Sabine Sarnacki

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezae259

Efficacy of an expandable prosthesis placement after left pneumonectomy for soft tissue Ewing sarcoma in a 5-year-old child: 10 years follow-up

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Jul 1;66(1):ezae259. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae259.

Authors

Margaux Langeron¹, Naziha Khen-Dunlop¹, Sylvie Helfre², Sabine Sarnacki¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Necker Enfants-Malades Hospital, AP-HP, Université de Paris Cite, Paris, France.
² Department of Pediatric Oncology, Curie Institute, Paris, France.

PMID: 38960727
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae259

Abstract

We report the case of a 5-year-old girl who underwent left pneumonectomy for Ewing sarcoma of the lung. Two expandable prostheses were placed in the left hemi-thorax to prevent post-pneumonectomy syndrome and to protect the heart from radiotherapy. With a follow-up of 10 years, the procedure proved to be effective both on post-pneumonectomy syndrome and on cardiac protection.

Keywords: Paediatric cancer; Post-pneumonectomy syndrome; Radiotherapy; Thoracic.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lung Neoplasms* / surgery
Pneumonectomy* / methods
Prostheses and Implants
Prosthesis Implantation / methods
Sarcoma, Ewing* / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed