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- Title
Chest wall secondary chondrosarcoma caused by malignant degeneration of an enchondroma: case report and literature review.
- Authors
Ioniță, Corina Florica; Cojocaru, Ioana Iulia; Gomotîrceanu, Adriana; Suciu, Bogdan Andrei; Milutin, Doina; Molnar, Anca Alexandra; Neag, Vlad; Hălmaciu, Ioana
- Abstract
Introduction: Enchondromas are benign tumors originating in the cartilaginous tissue of the hyaline gristle, rarely located in the chest wall. They sometimes undergo a sarcomatous transformation, becoming secondary chondrosarcomas. Case presentation: We present the case of a 53-year-old patient who, following a chest computed tomography scan performed after a thoracic trauma, was diagnosed with an osteolytic tumor at the chondrocostal junction of rib 4. Surgery was performed, with partial straight resection of ribs 3–5. Histopathological examination of the resection piece identified the existence of a chest wall chondrosarcoma on the background of malignant degeneration of an enchondromatosis lesion. The postoperative evolution was favorable, and the patient was discharged on the eighth postoperative day. Conclusion: In patients with even asymptomatic chest wall enchondromas, periodic clinical evaluation of these lesions is required, given their risk of malignant degeneration.
- Subjects
CHEST (Anatomy); RIB cage; CHONDROSARCOMA; HISTOLOGICAL techniques; SURGICAL meshes; RADIATION doses; COMPUTED tomography; RADIOTHERAPY; ENCHONDROMA; DISCHARGE planning; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Acta Marisiensis. Seria Medica, 2022, Vol 68, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
2668-7755
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2478/amma-2022-0006