title: [Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma of the Chest Wall].
abstract: A 79-year-old man complaining of an anterior chest mass with pain had an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. A mass, 7 cm in size, with destruction of the right 4th rib was found on chest computed tomography. A F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) corresponding to the lesion showed an abnormal accumulation of FDG with the standardized uptake value(SUV) max=16.19. A malignant tumor of the chest wall origin was suspected and the tumor was resected with the 3th, 4th, and 5th ribs. Histologically, the tumor was diagnosed as dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma. He died of local recurrence about 5 months after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyushu Central Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Genkichi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Yasuto
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoneshima
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kinjo
authors.forename: Kippei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohgaki
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maehara
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: Eisuke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18