Malawer limb salvage surgery for the treatment of scapular chondrosarcoma

Chondrosarcoma is a common malignant bone tumor, which accounts for 20% of all malignant bone tumors. It often occurs in the long bones, but the incidence of scapular chondrosarcoma is rare. Here, we describe a case of a large chondrosarcoma occurring in the scapula which was treated with Malawer li...

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Autores principales: Chang, Fei, Liu, Guang-Yao, Zhang, Qiao, Lin, Gang, Huang, Hong, Duan, De-Sheng, Wang, Jin-Cheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4090394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24976133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-196
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Sumario:Chondrosarcoma is a common malignant bone tumor, which accounts for 20% of all malignant bone tumors. It often occurs in the long bones, but the incidence of scapular chondrosarcoma is rare. Here, we describe a case of a large chondrosarcoma occurring in the scapula which was treated with Malawer limb salvage surgery. The patient retained considerable limb function after complete removal of the tumor tissue as assessed at the follow-up visit two years and ten months following surgery.

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