title: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma.
abstract: 2 cases of this rare tumour in Nigerian subjects is described. Clinical features indicated relatively slow but painful growth, aggravated in 1 case by dental extractions. Radical resection was followed by 6-year survival without recurrence or overt metastasis. Microscopic differential diagnosis is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*