Chondrosarcoma of the nasal septum.
The nasal septum is a particularly rare site of origin of chondrosarcoma. Cranial base invasion may be at hand, with such lesions making complete tumor removal difficult. MRI techniques allow precise definition of tumor extent. In the described case, CT and Dynamic MR imaging were performed in a case of chondrosarcoma of the nasal septum. Imaging clearly illustrated size and extent of the mass with central regions of internal calcification. Dynamic MRI was additionally performed, which helped to define the presumed origin of the lesion from the nasal septum.
Department of Radiology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8677, Japan. seikichi@ho.chiba-u.ac.jp
Seiji
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Yamamoto
Ken
K
Motoori
Hideyuki
H
Takano
Hiroshi
H
Nagata
Takuya
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Ueda
Iwao
I
Osaka
D000328:Adult; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed