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==Overview==
==Overview==
On CT scan chondrosarcoma is characterized by [[Calcification|matrix calcification]], endosteal calcification, [[Cortical bone|cortical]] breach, and heterogenous contrast enhancement.
On CT scan chondrosarcoma is characterized by [[Calcification|matrix calcification]], endosteal [[calcification]], [[Cortical bone|cortical]] breach, and heterogenous contrast enhancement.


==Computerized Tomography==
==Computerized Tomography==
*CT scan confirms the [[X-rays|x-ray]] findings.
*CT scan confirms the [[X-rays|x-ray]] findings.
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*CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of chondrosarcoma. Findings on CT scan suggestive of chondrosarcoma include: <ref>{{cite book | last = Peabody | first = Terrance | title = Orthopaedic oncology : primary and metastatic tumors of the skeletal system | publisher = Springer | location = Cham | year = 2014 | isbn = 9783319073224 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Czerniak | first = Bogdan | title = Dorfman and Czerniak's bone tumors | publisher = Elsevier/Saunders | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2016 | isbn = 9780323023962 }}</ref><ref name="pmid3021775">{{cite journal| author=Frassica FJ, Unni KK, Beabout JW, Sim FH| title=Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma. A report of the clinicopathological features and treatment of seventy-eight cases. | journal=J Bone Joint Surg Am | year= 1986 | volume= 68 | issue= 8 | pages= 1197-205 | pmid=3021775 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3021775  }} </ref><ref name="pmid9827715">{{cite journal| author=Björnsson J, McLeod RA, Unni KK, Ilstrup DM, Pritchard DJ| title=Primary chondrosarcoma of long bones and limb girdles. | journal=Cancer | year= 1998 | volume= 83 | issue= 10 | pages= 2105-19 | pmid=9827715 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9827715  }} </ref>
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[[File:CT chondrosarcoma.gif|500px|thumb|CT of knee showing chondrosarcoma of distal femur.[https://radiopaedia.org/cases/chondrosarcoma-4?lang=us Source: Case courtesy of Dr Domenico Nicoletti, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 30655]]]
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*CT findings include:<ref>{{cite book | last = Peabody | first = Terrance | title = Orthopaedic oncology : primary and metastatic tumors of the skeletal system | publisher = Springer | location = Cham | year = 2014 | isbn = 9783319073224 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Czerniak | first = Bogdan | title = Dorfman and Czerniak's bone tumors | publisher = Elsevier/Saunders | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2016 | isbn = 9780323023962 }}</ref><ref name="pmid3021775">{{cite journal| author=Frassica FJ, Unni KK, Beabout JW, Sim FH| title=Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma. A report of the clinicopathological features and treatment of seventy-eight cases. | journal=J Bone Joint Surg Am | year= 1986 | volume= 68 | issue= 8 | pages= 1197-205 | pmid=3021775 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3021775  }} </ref><ref name="pmid9827715">{{cite journal| author=Björnsson J, McLeod RA, Unni KK, Ilstrup DM, Pritchard DJ| title=Primary chondrosarcoma of long bones and limb girdles. | journal=Cancer | year= 1998 | volume= 83 | issue= 10 | pages= 2105-19 | pmid=9827715 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9827715  }} </ref>
**Majority of the cases demonstrate [[Calcification|matrix calcification]].
**Majority of the cases demonstrate [[Calcification|matrix calcification]].
**Endosteal [[calcification]] more easily identified on CT compared to [[Radiography|radiographs]].
**Endosteal [[calcification]] more easily identified on CT compared to [[Radiography|radiographs]].
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**Deep endosteal scalloping suggests chondrosarcoma instead of [[enchondroma]].
**Deep endosteal scalloping suggests chondrosarcoma instead of [[enchondroma]].
**[[Soft tissue]] [[mass]]: density increases with increased grade of [[tumor]] due to increased cellularity.
**[[Soft tissue]] [[mass]]: density increases with increased grade of [[tumor]] due to increased cellularity.
 
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*It is helpful to identify [[metastasis]] to the [[lung]].
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==References==

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Overview

On CT scan chondrosarcoma is characterized by matrix calcification, endosteal calcification, cortical breach, and heterogenous contrast enhancement.

Computerized Tomography

CT of knee showing chondrosarcoma of distal femur.Source: Case courtesy of Dr Domenico Nicoletti, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 30655


References

  1. Peabody, Terrance (2014). Orthopaedic oncology : primary and metastatic tumors of the skeletal system. Cham: Springer. ISBN 9783319073224.
  2. Czerniak, Bogdan (2016). Dorfman and Czerniak's bone tumors. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 9780323023962.
  3. Frassica FJ, Unni KK, Beabout JW, Sim FH (1986). "Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma. A report of the clinicopathological features and treatment of seventy-eight cases". J Bone Joint Surg Am. 68 (8): 1197–205. PMID 3021775.
  4. Björnsson J, McLeod RA, Unni KK, Ilstrup DM, Pritchard DJ (1998). "Primary chondrosarcoma of long bones and limb girdles". Cancer. 83 (10): 2105–19. PMID 9827715.


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