Metastatic mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is an entity first described in 1959 by Lichtenstein and Bernstein.¹ It is rare and comprises approximately 1% of all chondrosarcomas, with a peak incidence in the second and third decade of life.³ There is a comparable male-to-female sex ratio with two-thirds of cases arising from bone and a third from the soft tissues mainly in central areas such as the head and neck or the axial skeleton. We present a case of this highly malignant lesion arising from skeletal muscles of the thigh having already metastasised to multiple unusual areas.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Medpharm Publications
2010
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1681-150X2010000200013 |
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| Summary: | Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is an entity first described in 1959 by Lichtenstein and Bernstein.¹ It is rare and comprises approximately 1% of all chondrosarcomas, with a peak incidence in the second and third decade of life.³ There is a comparable male-to-female sex ratio with two-thirds of cases arising from bone and a third from the soft tissues mainly in central areas such as the head and neck or the axial skeleton. We present a case of this highly malignant lesion arising from skeletal muscles of the thigh having already metastasised to multiple unusual areas. |
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