Periosteal Chondrosarcoma

What is Periosteal chondrosarcoma?
Periosteal chondrosarcoma is a rare subtype of chondrosarcoma, to be divided between a class is unique because of its anatomical and histological features, and also because of its prognosis than central chondrosarcoma good.

What is cause of Periosteal chondrosarcoma?
Periosteal chondrosarcoma causes has not unknown, mainly is related to genetic, trauma, nutrition.

What is pathology of Periosteal chondrosarcoma?
Periosteal chondrosarcoma histological features is similar to peripheral chondrosarcoma, differentiation often better, with little myxoid performance. Chondrosarcoma in the periosteum, the histological features as grade Ⅰ chondrosarcoma with the same, then very likely to be benign, may be of periosteal chondroma. Grade Ⅱ ~ Ⅲ periosteal chondrosarcoma of the performance of the same histological grade Ⅱ ~ Ⅲ peripheral chondrosarcoma and periosteal Ⅲ grade chondrosarcoma are rare. Periosteal chondrosarcoma are malignant progression.

What are symptoms of Periosteal chondrosarcoma?
Periosteal chondrosarcoma symptoms is swelling, with mild pain or no pain. Located in the metaphysis of long bones or the end of the backbone of good fat in the femur, tibia and humerus, almost no bone in the short or flat bones.

How is diagnosis for Periosteal chondrosarcoma?
Periosteal chondrosarcoma is diagnosed by X-ray. Performance is the spherical mass, and sometimes uneven surface, is located at the surface of cortical bone, periosteum or periosteum may be the origin of things. Juxtacortical osteosarcoma with similar, when the periosteal chondrosarcoma located in the distal femur, the bone often located in the rear to the development of popliteal fossa. Periosteal chondrosarcoma showed cartilaginous tumor, and sometimes in the X-ray imaging is not only through CT or MRI examination to clear the line. Tumors often granular, punctate and annular calcification, and occasionally have a vague fascicular Shadow ossification. Below the cortical bone tumors are sometimes complete, sometimes the surface by erosion, the erosion of cortical bone can be blurred, but often the pressure for the butterfly trails, clear and thick border. Around the tumor may have periosteal reaction, resulting in the ossification of the triangle, enveloping the tumor part of the basement.

How is treatment for Periosteal chondrosarcoma?
In the same histology, the periosteal chondrosarcoma grade central chondrosarcoma than low, Periosteal chondrosarcoma is treated by wide excision and possible be cured, also often used in limb salvage therapy, with little or no transfer.