Bone: Chondrosarcoma

Bone: Chondrosarcoma

Figure 1: En bloc resection specimen of the proximal fibula of a 43 year old female, containing a lobulated bluish white, translucent tumour (4.5 x 2 x 1.9 cm) located centrally within the medullary cavity, consistent with central chondrosarcoma. Figure 2: Corresponding macro-slice showing a lobular architecture, and endosteal cortical thinning. Cytonucle ar appearance can be more readily appre...

Chondrosarcoma of bone.

Clear Cell Chondrosarcoma of Bone

Purpose. Clear cell chondrosarcoma is a rare variant of chondrosarcoma. Six cases are herein reported.Subjects. We have treated six patients with clear cell chondrosarcoma in the past 28 years, representing 1.6% of all chondrosarcomas seen in this time period.Results and Discussion. Half the patients had been initially underdiagnosed and inappropriately treated.Conclusions. Our results and our ...

The Many Faces of Chondrosarcoma of Bone

1 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Medical Center, Freiburg i. Br., Germany 2 Department of Rdiology, St. Josefskrankenhaus, Freiburg i. Br., Germany 3 Tumozentrum Ludwig Heilmeyer – Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg, University Medical Center, Freiburg i. Br., Germany 4 Institute of Pathology, Reference Center of Bone diseases, University Medical Center, Freiburg i. B...

Femoral chondrosarcoma complicating Paget's disease of bone.

Malignant transformation associated with Paget’s disease of bone has an incidence of approximately 1%, which increases to 10% in long-term poliostotic Paget’s disease. Approximately 75% of patients who develop Paget’s sarcoma have the disease years before sarcoma onset and 90% have poliostotic involvement.1 This article reports a patient with Paget’s disease who presented with extensive lysis i...