Author/Authors :
Bakhshayesh Karam, M Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital - Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran , Zahirifard, S Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital - Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran , Kaynama, K Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital - Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran , Ehsanpour, A Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital - Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran , Masjedi, M Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital - Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran
Abstract :
Chondrosarcomasofthoraxareunusualtumorscategorizedasaxialmalignancies
thatalso invadeanddestroy theadjacentbone.These tumors are known todisplacesoft
tissue structures coming in their way without invasion. They destroy adjacent organs
violently. Inthis report,wepresenta 44-year-oldmanwitha large,expansivemass inthe
posteriormediastinuminvadingthespinalcanalandepiduralspacethroughanintervertebral
foramen and displacing the thecal sac. To our knowledge, this is the second case in the
literature describing a chondrosarcoma of a rib with dumb-bell-shaped extension to the
adjacentintervertebralforamen.
