title: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the cervical spine: A case report.
abstract: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (MCS) is a rare tumour accounting for less than 1% of all chondrosarcomas. We report here, the case of a 30-year-old female who presented with neck pain, weakness and tingling and numbness starting on the right side and later involving all four limbs. MRI revealed an ill-defined neoplastic lesion showing specks of calcification and arising from the right half of C2 and C3 cervical vertebrae. Microscopy showed an admixture of well differentiated cartilage showing focal calcification and spindly cell areas having a hemangiopericytomatous pattern.
authors: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Grant Medical College, Mumbai-400008.
authors: Sushma N
authors: SN
authors: Ramraje
authors: Sakshi S
authors: SS
authors: Kulkarni
keywords: Chondrosarcoma; mesenchymal; spine
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