title: A case of ruptured mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the pancreas.
abstract: A 25-year-old woman who underwent surgical removal of a right frontal meningeal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma in 1980 manifested abdominal pain and progressive anemia after a traffic accident in April 1997. CT disclosed a well-enhanced solid mass 2.5 cm in diameter with internal calcific deposits at the tail of the pancreas and a surrounding hematoma of 5.5 cm in diameter. Surgical resection revealed a ruptured metastatic mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Note
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018211:Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D012421:Rupture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed