title: Rib chondrosarcoma with intramedullary progression completely resected by magnetic resonance imaging: useful short inversion time inversion recovery sequence.
abstract: Chondrosarcoma is the second most common bone sarcoma, for which complete resection is the only effective treatment. Herein, we report a case of completely resected rib chondrosarcoma protruding through the bone marrow. An intramedullary lesion was revealed with magnetic resonance imaging using short inversion time inversion recovery sequence (STIR-MRI), but was not depicted by computed tomography. STIR-MRI is highly sensitive for the detection of bone tumors due to the suppression of peritumoral soft tissue signals, and is critical for radical resection of chondrosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: Fengshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Date
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome