title: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the mandible: a rare malignant tumor.
abstract: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (MCHS) is a highly aggressive, malignant, cartilaginous tumor that represents about 1% of all chondrosarcomas. Only about 50 cases of MCHS of the jaw have been reported in the English-language literature; maxillary tumors are much more common than mandibular tumors. We present a new case of MCHS of the mandible that arose in a 22-year-old woman whose initial two biopsies did not reveal the features of the tumor. The diagnosis was made only after an incisional biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sheikhpura, Patna 800014, India. rksent5@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rakesh Kumar Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.forename: Sampan Singh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bist
authors.forename: Meena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harsh
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D018211:Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult