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Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of bone and soft tissues
Author(s) -
Bertoni Franco,
Picci Piero,
Bacchini Patrizia,
Capanna Rodolfo,
Innao Vincenzo,
Bacci Gaetano,
Campanacci Mario
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19830801)52:3<533::aid-cncr2820520325>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - mesenchymal chondrosarcoma , soft tissue , chondrosarcoma , osteolysis , mesenchymal stem cell , medicine , malignancy , pathology , radiology
Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of bone and soft tissues treated at the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli are reviewed. The skeletal locations were prominent in five cases. Only two cases were in the soft tissues. Radiographic picture in the bone shows an aggressive osteolysis, with soft tissues invasion. Histologic picture is the same in bone and soft tissues, and is highly distinctive: islands of well‐differentiated chondrosarcoma embedded in undifferentiated mesenchymal cells with high malignancy characteristics. The cases showed a poor prognosis, and no patient survived more than four years.