Insidious malignant triton tumor of the chest wall with late flare-up

We present a 76-year-old man with an insidious chest wall tumor with late progressive painful enlargement and pleural and pulmonary involvement. Complete resection of the affected thoracic wall as well as single separate lesions in the parietal pleura and left upper lung was carried out. The pathological examination confirmed that it was a malignant triton tumor. The patient received adjuvant chemoradiotherapy but eventually succumbed to disease relapse and distant metastases 6 months after the surgery.
Source: Tzu Chi Medical Journal - Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research