Open AccessChondrosarcoma of body of the mandible
Author(s) -
Hari Ram,
Shadab Mohammad,
Geeta Singh,
Satya Vrat Singh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.127661
Subject(s) - medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , chondrosarcoma , skull , maxilla , head and neck , neck dissection , anatomy , dissection (medical) , surgery , carcinoma , pathology , botany , biology , genus
Chondrosarcomas are the malignant cartilaginous neoplasms rarely seen in the head and neck region. The chondrosarcomas may show an aggressive course and are mostly located in relation with anterior maxilla and base of the skull. Chondrosarcomas of the body of mandible are infrequent. We report a case of low-grade chondrosarcoma of body of mandible, which was treated with a simple excision without neck dissection.