Juxtacortical Clavicular Chondrosarcoma: Diagnostic Dilemmas: Case Report and Review of Literature

Abstract

Juxtacortical chondrosarcoma is a rare primary malignant cartilaginous tumor accounting for 0.2% of all bone tumors. Wide surgical resection is the treatment of choice for juxtacortical chondrosarcomas. Accurate preoperative diagnosis is important in ensuring appropriate management, staging, and treatment of the patient. A combination of radiographs, three-dimensional imaging with computerized tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can typically allow accurate diagnosis of juxtacortical chondrosarcomas. Bone scan and chest x-ray or CT chest scans are indicated for appropriate staging of the patient. Pet scan, ultrasound, bone scan, etc. are not typically needed for the diagnosis. Certainly, pulmonary imaging and bone scan are required for staging and could be commented upon.

Periosteal chondrosarcoma: a histopathological and molecular analysis of a rare chondrosarcoma subtype

“…A PubMed search of the English‐language literature for ‘periosteal chondrosarcoma’ and ‘juxtacortical chondrosarcoma’ resulted in available full‐text articles with, in total, 109 cases from 1955 until 2013, including a few small series containing up to 24 cases and case reports . Using the archives of the NCBT, we collected a relatively large series of 38 periosteal chondrosarcomas, for which clinicoradiological features have been described elsewhere by others .…”