Chondrosarcoma in childhood: the radiologic and clinical conundrum
| Autor: | Karen Strenge, Susan M Mosier, Andrew Mosier, Tanvi Patel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Male medicine.medical_specialty animal structures Time Factors Chondrosarcoma Contrast Media Bone Neoplasms Lesion Diagnosis Differential medicine Enchondroma Bone Cysts Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Femur Child Pediatric Radiology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging medicine.disease musculoskeletal system Immunohistochemistry Radiography Treatment Outcome embryonic structures Sarcoma Radiology medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business Chondroma Pediatric population |
| Zdroj: | Journal of radiology case reports. 6(12) |
| ISSN: | 1943-0922 |
| Popis: | Less than 10% of chondrosarcomas occur in children. In addition, as little as 0.5% of low-grade chondrosarcomas arise secondarily from benign chondroid lesions. The presence of focal pain is often used to crudely distinguish a chondrosarcoma (which is usually managed with wide surgical excision), from a benign chondroid lesion (which can be followed by clinical exams and imaging surveillance). Given the difficulty of localizing pain in the pediatric population, initial radiology findings and short-interval follow-up, both imaging and clinical, are critical to accurately differentiate a chondrosarcoma from a benign chondroid lesion. To our knowledge, no case in the literature discusses a chondrosarcoma possibly arising secondarily from an enchondroma in a pediatric patient. We present a clinicopathologic and radiology review of conventional chondrosarcomas. We also attempt to further the understanding of how to manage a chondroid lesion in the pediatric patient with only vague or bilateral complaints of pain. |
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