Cartilage tumor explained

Cartilage tumors, also known as chondrogenic tumors, are a type of bone tumor that develop in cartilage, and are divided into non-cancerous, cancerous and intermediate locally aggressive types.[1] [2] [3]

Type of cartilage tumorName
Non-cancerousSubungal exostosis
Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation
Periosteal chondroma
Enchondroma
Osteochondroma
Chondroblastoma
Chondromyxoid fibroma
Osteochondromyxoma
Locally aggressiveChondromatosis
Atypical cartilaginous tumor
Cancerous (chondrosarcoma)Conventional chondrosarcoma grade I-III
Clear cell chondrosarcoma
Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma

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Notes and References

  1. Engel . Hannes . Herget . Georg W. . Füllgraf . Hannah . Sutter . Reto . Benndorf . Matthias . Bamberg . Fabian . Jungmann . Pia M. . Chondrogenic Bone Tumors: The Importance of Imaging Characteristics . RöFo: Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin . March 2021 . 193 . 3 . 262–275 . 10.1055/a-1288-1209 . 33152784 . 1438-9010. free .
  2. Book: Soft Tissue and Bone Tumours: WHO Classification of Tumours. 2020. International Agency for Research on Cancer. 978-92-832-4502-5. 338.
  3. Choi . Joon Hyuk . Ro . Jae Y. . The 2020 WHO Classification of Tumors of Bone: An Updated Review . Advances in Anatomic Pathology . 1 May 2021 . 28 . 3 . 119–138 . 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000293 . 33480599 . 231679037 . 1533-4031. subscription.