title: Primary intraspinal dura mesenchymal chondrosarcoma.
abstract: An 18-year-old woman presented with 6 months of local paraspinal pain and 2 months midthoracic myelopathy. She was proved to have an intraspinal tumor. After successful surgical removal, it was found histologically to be a mesenchymal chondrosarcoma. Local irradiation was administered for the prevention of local recurrence. This case is reported with a review of the literature of primary mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the spinal dura.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Lui
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004388:Dura Mater; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome