title: Recurrent chondromyxoid fibroma of the thoracic spine 30 years after primary excision: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of late recurrence of chondromyxoid fibroma (CMF) arising in a thoracic vertebra in an 11-year-old male. This was treated by curettage, and 30 years later, the patient noticed shoulder pain and leg weakness. A recurrent mass appeared at the same site in the spinous process of T6. The histologic features of the recurrent tumor were similar to those of the primary lesion. A total of 38 cases of CMF of the vertebra have been reported. Only 3 of 38 previously reported vertebral CMF recurred. Tumors recurred 2 years after operation in 2 cases, and 7 years after operation in 1 case.
authors.affiliation: Section of Orthopaedic Pathology, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467-2490, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Dorfman
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Kane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002804:Chondroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed