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Chondrosarcoma of a thoracic vertebra
I F Abdelwahab1, A M Casden, M J Klein
1Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Radiology, New York, NY 10029-6574.
Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Central chondrosarcoma is an uncommon primary malignancy of the axial skeleton which usually affects the posterior elements or the posterior part of a vertebral body. We present an unusual case of chondrosarcoma involving the anterior part of a thoracic vertebra with massive extravertebral extension into the posterior mediastinum. The roles of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in identifying this pathology are emphasized.