title: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the spleen: report of a case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chondrosarcoma is a malignant tumor of chondrogenic origin and the mesenchymal type is a very rare finding. Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma tends to develop mostly in the skeleton but may also occur as a primary tumor in periosteal nervous and muscular tissues, the anterior cerebral falx, meninges, brain, maxillary sinus, eyelid, thyroid, pleura and mediastinum, while in the abdomen the most frequent locations are the kidney, retroperitoneum and even the perineum and the anogenital area. Apparently, the only splenic mesenchymal chondrosarcoma in the literature occurred in a dog.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our paper reports the case of a patient who had a diagnosis of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the spleen. Results. We adopted surgery as the main therapeutic procedure without achieving complete recovery but preserving a good quality of life for our patient, minimizing the repercussions of the disease on her working and relational life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The absence of important or invalidating symptoms and the persistence of good general conditions before and after each surgical operation encouraged us to adopt the surgical option as the most rational.
authors: Department of Surgery & Transplantation, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, Italy. rossettoannaar@libero.it
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Rossetto
authors: Enrico
authors: E
authors: Saccomano
authors: Aron
authors: A
authors: Zompicchiatti
authors: Claudio
authors: C
authors: Avellini
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Toffoli
authors: GianMaria
authors: G
authors: Miolo
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Frustaci
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Uzzau
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D018211:Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009392:Nephrectomy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome