title: A Rare and Interesting Case of a Massive Secondary Spinal Chondrosarcoma and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Chondrosarcoma, the second most common primary malignancy of the bone, is malignant cartilage forming tumour that very rarely involves the axial skeleton. It may arise as a primary bone tumour or as a secondary lesion from a preexisting benign cartilaginous neoplasm such as osteochondroma or enchondroma. A rare case of a massive secondary lumbar spine chondrosarcoma is presented. Management consisted of an initial posterior spinal stabilization and fusion and then a curative radical en bloc tumour resection. A review of the literature is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Sarcoma Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, London HA7 4LP, UK.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adimonye