title: Central type of chondrosarcoma with a fulminant course--a case report.
abstract: Primary chondrosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor. The five types of chondrosarcomas are: central, peripheral, mesenchymal, differentiated and clear cell. The classic chondrosarcomas are central (arising within a bone) or peripheral (arising from the surface of a bone). We describe a patient with central chondrosarcoma of the humerus who underwent surgery and only two weeks later presented with multiple metastases of the lung and small pulmonary tumor embolisms mimicking bilateral pneumonic infiltrates. Therefore, such a fulminant course of central chondrosarcoma, which is not described so far, must be taken into consideration during the treatment of patients with primary chondrosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: University of Rijeka, Rijeka University Hospital Center, Department of Pulmology, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matanić
authors.forename: Melita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kukuljan
authors.forename: Emina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grgurević
authors.forename: Bojan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miletić
authors.forename: Veljko
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Flego
authors.forename: Damir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muhvić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012720:Severity of Illness Index