CHORUS
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Musculoskeletal system
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chondrosarcoma
- M > F, 35 - 50 yrs
- malignant, poor prognosis
- tx: removal, RT
- sites: metaphysis, center of flat bones
- pelvis, ribs, upper femur, shoulder
- slow growing
- large soft-tissue mass +/- flocculent calcifications
- sclerosis
- may arise from pre-existing "benign" enchondroma or osteochondroma
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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