%0 Journal Article
%T Condrosarcoma t¨®raco-abdominal
%A Fuenzalida S
%A Felipe
%A Espinoza G
%A Juan Pablo
%A Charles C
%A Roberto
%A Carrasco A
%A Gonzalo
%A Espinoza G
%A Ricardo
%J Revista chilena de cirug¨ªa
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-40262012000100012
%X chondrosarcomas represent the third primary malignant bone tumor. costal location occurs in 12%, being the most common tumor of the ribs. it affects most frequently in the second and fifth decades of life. this tumor is histologically classified into grades 1, 2 and 3 in descending order of differentiation. for grade 2, with oncologic resection, there is a 10-year survival of 64%, and a 10% risk for metastasis. radiotherapy has a limited therapeutic role and chemotherapy has not shown benefits. we report a case of a 45 years old woman, who presented with a symptomatic growing mass in the right rib cage, of three months of evolution, whose evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography shows a sarcomatous tumor with involvement of ribs, muscles, diaphragm, pleura, peritoneum and liver. a small amount of intraperitoneal free fluid was observed. a block resection was made, resulting a 16.8 cm long at the widest point chondrosarcoma, grade 2, with involvement of all layers of the wall, tumor microfoci in the liver capsule and malignant tumor cells in peritoneal fluid.
%K chondrosarcoma
%K rib
%K histological grading.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-40262012000100012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en