title: Chondro-osseous differentiation in fat tissue tumors: magnetic resonance imaging with pathological correlation.
abstract: Chondro-osseous differentiation of three benign or malignant fat tissue tumors--two chondrolipomas and a liposarcoma with cartilaginous metaplasia--was studied with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and compared with their pathological findings. The results suggest that demarcation of cartilage tissue can be clearly defined on MR imaging when the size of the cartilaginous area is large. Myxoid matrix, degenerative fat tissue and lipodystrophic change may decrease the delineation of the cartilage tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogino
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002081:Buttocks; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008679:Metaplasia; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*