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Chondrosarcoma history and symptoms
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The most common symptoms of chondrosarcoma include pain and swelling in the area of tumor.
History and Symptoms
History and Symptoms
- The symptoms of chondrosarcoma include:[1][2][3][4]
- Local swelling
- Palpable mass
- Pain which is insidious in onset, progressive, worse at night; and usually present for months to years before presentation
- Pathologic fracture
- If chondrosarcoma involves the skull, then patient may present with headache
- If the lesion is near a neurovascular bundle, the patient may present with nerve dysfunction such as weakness, numbness or tingling
- If a chondrosarcoma is close to a joint, it may decrease the joint’s range of motion
Common Symptoms
Common symptoms of chondrosarcoma include:
Less Common Symptoms
Less common symptoms of chondrosarcoma include:
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.
- ↑ Lex JR, Evans S, Stevenson JD, Parry M, Jeys LM, Grimer RJ (2018). “Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the pelvis: clinical outcomes and current treatment”. Clin Sarcoma Res. 8: 23. doi:10.1186/s13569-018-0110-1. PMC 6293503. PMID 30559960.
- ↑ Skeletal Lesions Interobserver Correlation among Expert Diagnosticians (SLICED) Study Group (2007). “Reliability of histopathologic and radiologic grading of cartilaginous neoplasms in long bones”. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 89 (10): 2113–23. doi:10.2106/JBJS.F.01530. PMID 17908885.
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