This report is unusual on account of a) being
the first reported case in world literature of concomitant excision of chondrosarcoma and
coronary artery bypass grafting and b) the conservative management of the incidentally discovered
chondrosarcoma by wide excision rather than chest wall resection with no local recurrence to
date. Pathology of chondrosarcoma, in particular, and various management strategies when
coronary artery disease and cancer coexist, in general, is discussed