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Proximal epithelioid sarcomatous dedifferentiation in secondary chondrosarcoma in a known case of multiple osteochondromatosis
Author(s) -
Biswajit Dey,
Mangesh Chikhale,
Prita Pradhan,
Adarsh Barwad,
Bhawana Ashok Badhe
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of laboratory physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-7826
pISSN - 0974-2727
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2727.208253
Subject(s) - chondrosarcoma , medicine , pathology , anatomy
Osteochondroma is the most common benign bone tumor. Approximately 15% of osteochondromas occur as multiple lesions. Multiple osteochondromatosis has a higher risk of developing chondrosarcomas, which are of low grade with good prognosis. About 10% of all chondrosarcomas may undergo dedifferentiated change, which has a poorer prognosis. Dedifferentiated peripheral chondrosarcoma developing within an osteochondroma is extremely rare. Dedifferentiation usually occurs in the form of osteosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, fibrosarcoma, or rhabdomyosarcoma. We report a case of proximal epithelioid sarcomatous dedifferentiation in secondary chondrosarcoma in a 39-year-old male with multiple osteochondromatosis in bilateral arm. To the best of our knowledge, epithelioid sarcomatous dedifferentiation has not been described in the literature.

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