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Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of costal juxtacortical chondrosarcoma presenting as an abdominal mass
Author(s) -
Rosa Marilin,
Bajestani Saeed,
Davis Cindy,
Makary Raafat,
Villas Bruce
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.21339
Subject(s) - medicine , chondrosarcoma , biopsy , radiology
The majority of chondroid tumors arising in the cortex of bone are benign in nature. Juxtacortical chondrosarcoma is a relatively uncommon variant of chondrosarcoma, which by definition, is a malignant cartilaginous tumor that occurs on the surface of bone and measures at least 5 cm. Although the diagnostic value of fine‐needle aspiration biopsy is well established, its role in the diagnosis of soft tissue/bone tumors is still not uniformly accepted. Herein, we describe an interesting and controversial case of costal juxtacortical chondrosarcoma presenting as a large intraabdominal mass in a 52‐year old female patient, which was diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration biopsy. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2010;38:837–840. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.