Cervical Chondrosarcoma- Rare Malignancy: A Case Report

Abstract

To highlight an uncommon bone malignancy, which presented to our institute, as a neck swelling in the supraclavicular region. A 30 year old man presented with history of swelling on the left side of neck since 1 year and numbness of left upper limb since 6 months. Magnetic Resonance

Giant Cervical Chondrosarcoma

“…Chondrosarcomas are more common in pelvic, thoracic, shoulders and hip bones. Less than 10% of chondrosarcomas is located in the vertebrae while they most frequently located in the thoracic vertebrae and followed by cervical and lumbar vertebrae (3,6). Spinal canal extension is rarely in the spinal chondrosarcomas, but the chondrosarcomas involving both intradural and extradural components have also reported in the literature (8).…”

“…Hereditary Multiple Osteochondromatosis is an autosomal dominant disorder, and the rate of malignancy is unknown but is thought to be as low as 3-5% (1,2). Chondrosarcoma is the third most common malignant tumor of the bone and most commonly occurs between 30 and 60 years of age (3,4). It divides into two as primary and secondary.…”