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TUMOURS IN ICELAND
Author(s) -
SIGURJÓNSSON SIGURDUR V.,
HALLGRÍMSSON JÓNAS,
BREKKAN ÁSMUNDUR,
HARALDSSON STEFÁN
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1979.tb00070.x
Subject(s) - malignancy , chondrosarcoma , medicine , cartilage , pathology , anatomy
Tumours and tumour‐like lesions of bone occurring in Iceland during the years 1955–1974 were studied pathologically, radiologically and clinically and typed histologically according to the World Health Organization Classification published in 1972. Cartilage‐forming tumours were the largest group, or 81 per cent. The frequency of primary malignant bone tumours as a group, excluding myelomas, resembled that reported from several other countries, but the composition of these tumours in Iceland was different in that chondrosarcomas constituted 47 per cent and osteosarcomas 27 per cent. The chondrosarcomas also were unusual in having a high male/female ratio, a high grade of malignancy and a short survival when located in the long bones of the extremities and the bones of the foot. The bones of the hand were disproportionately frequent sites for chondrosarcomas and chondromas.