title: [Low-grade central chondrosarcoma: difficult diagnosis in an adolescent girl].
abstract: Central chondrosarcoma of the tibia is exceptional, particularly in young patients. Low-grade tumors raise difficult problems for histological distinction with enchondroma. We report a case of grade 1 chondrosarcoma located in the upper portion of the tibia in a 17-year-old girl. After radical surgery, outcome was favorable with no recurrence or metastasis at three years follow-up. The distinction between low-grade central chondrosarcoma and enchondroma is one of the most difficult challenges in bone pathology. Clinical, radiographic and pathological data must be considered together to reach certain diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologique, Service d'Orthopédie, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, boulevard du 9-Avril, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bettaieb
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zermani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karray
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bouzidi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rammeh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kourda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zlitni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Jilani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013977:Tibia / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome