[Mediastinal chondrosarcoma (author's transl)]

A 41 years old female patient was operated on account of mediastinal tumour. A chondrosarcoma of 10 X 8 X 8 cm was removed. The patient remained symptomfree and had no complaints over 4 years after the operation, but after this relapse and pulmonary metastasis developed. In connection with the demonstrated case the referring literature of mediastinal chondrosarcomas was surveyed and it could be established that this is the twentieth published case about mediastinal chondrosarcoma.