Pelvic chondrosarcoma in an 18-year-old man masquerading as tuberculous ilipsoas abscess.
Chondrosarcoma is distinctly uncommon in the younger age group. We report an unusual presentation of pelvic bone chondrosarcoma in an 18-year-old man clinically creating an impression of tuberculous abscess, and we discuss the CT and MRI appearances.
Zacharia
Titty Thomas
TT
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. tittythomas@hotmail.com
Lakhar
Bhushan
B
Perumpallichira
James Joseph
JJ
Chavhan
Govind
G
D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*