Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma: a clinicopathological study.
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma is a rare tumor of cartilagenous origin, with only 41 previously reported cases. It has a distinctive histologic pattern and should be distinguished from chondrosarcoma of bone because of its different behavioral pattern. The light microscopic, histo-chemical and electron microscopic features of such a tumor are reported.
D000328:Adult; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology