title: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the cervical spine in a child.
abstract: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is a rare small-cell neoplasm of bone and soft tissue. After reviewing the literature, we believe that the patient in this report is the youngest in whom mesenchymal chondrosarcoma originating in a cervical vertebra has been diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kruse
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stanton
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Grissom
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Conard
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D018211:Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed