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Chondrosarcoma differential diagnosis
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Chondrosarcoma must be differentiated from other diseases such as chondroma, enchondroma, osteochondroma, and osteosarcoma.
Differentiating chondrosarcoma from other Diseases
Differentiating chondrosarcoma from other Diseases
| Disease | Malignant lesion in patients
> 40 years |
chondrogenic Histology | Sacral lesions in elderly | Treatment is wide resection alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chondrosarcoma | + | + | + | + |
| Metastic disease | + | – | + | – |
| Lymphoma | + | – | + | – |
| Myeloma | + | – | + | – |
| Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma | + | – | + | – |
| Secondary sarcoma | + | – | – | – |
| Enchondroma | – | + | – | – |
| Periosteal chondroma | – | + | – | – |
| Osteochondroma | – | + | – | – |
| Parosteal osteosarcoma | – | – | – | + |
| Adamantinoma | – | – | – | + |
| Chordoma | – | – | – | + |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | – | – | – | + |
References
References
- ↑ Peabody, Terrance (2014). Orthopaedic oncology : primary and metastatic tumors of the skeletal system. Cham: Springer. ISBN 9783319073224.
- ↑ Czerniak, Bogdan (2016). Dorfman and Czerniak’s bone tumors. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 9780323023962.
- ↑ Frassica FJ, Unni KK, Beabout JW, Sim FH (1986). “Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma. A report of the clinicopathological features and treatment of seventy-eight cases”. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 68 (8): 1197–205. PMID 3021775.
- ↑ Björnsson J, McLeod RA, Unni KK, Ilstrup DM, Pritchard DJ (1998). “Primary chondrosarcoma of long bones and limb girdles”. Cancer. 83 (10): 2105–19. PMID 9827715.
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