title: An extraskeletal chondrosarcoma arising in the brachial plexus.
abstract: A case of extraskeletal chondrosarcoma of the left brachial plexus is described with emphasis on the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties of this site. With combination therapy the patient survived 6 years. Recurrent disease in the plexus region and adjacent spinal cord resulted in a painful, flail limb.
authors.affiliation: Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Steffen
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dan
mesh_terms: D001917:Brachial Plexus; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology