Non-conventional chondrosarcomas and chondrogenesis.
Pattern formation in chondroid development is compared with growth models exhibited by mesenchymal and myxoid chondrosarcomas. The results reveal strong similarities between mesenchymal chondrosarcoma and normal chondrogenesis. The fine vascularization of the tumor lobules of myxoid chondrosarcoma is discussed in relation to chondroid differentiation. A common histogenetic approach to the interpretation and classification of these neoplasias is proposed.
D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006128:Growth; D007596:Joints / Q000196:embryology; D051381:Rats / Q000196:embryology; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains