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Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of the leg in a child: A case report
Ali Al Khader1, Esra Nsour2, Raneem Bassam Al-Zubi3
1Faculty of Medicine, Al-Balqa Applied University, Full-time lecturer of pathology.
Rationale:
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma is a slow-growing soft tissue tumor of adults with a propensity for local recurrence and eventual metastasis. Only 17 pediatric and adolescent cases have been reported.
Patient Concerns:
Here we present an 11-year-old boy with a 3-year history of a slowly growing painless left leg mass. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lesion revealed a subfascial well-circumscribed lesion with intramuscular extension in the medial gastrocnemius muscle of the left leg.
Diagnoses:
He underwent wide local excision of the mass and the histomorphological and immunohistochemical findings were consistent with extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma.
Interventions:
Possible radiotherapy was the further management plan.
Outcomes:
He was in good condition with no evidence of recurrence at 6 months postsurgery.
Lessons:
Although pediatric cases of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma were reported to be aggressive, the tumor in this case demonstrated indolent behavior. Furthermore, the tumor in this case showed primitive round cell foci which adds to a previous study that especially reported this morphology in pediatric cases.
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