{"title":"A case of chondrosarcoma with costovertebral location in the posterior mediastinum: Resection and stabilization.","authors":"Fatma Mutlu, Ömer Akçalı, Aydın Şanlı","doi":"10.1177/02184923241311937","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chondrosarcoma, a primary malignant bone tumor, rarely occurs in the vertebrae. We report a 29-year-old female with a 6 × 4.2 cm chondrosarcoma in the posterior mediastinum originating from the left 9th costa vertebral junction involving vertabrea corpus. Surgical resection performed involving posterior thoracotomy, 8-9th rib resection, 8-9th thoracal vertebrae partial corpectomy, laminectomy, spinal instrumentation, and chest wall stabilization. Pathology confirmed chondrosarcoma with safe margins. The patient remained recurrence-free for 9 years. This case highlights the importance of wide-margin surgical resection and multidisciplinary approaches for long-term survival in chondrosarcoma patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":35950,"journal":{"name":"ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR & THORACIC ANNALS","volume":" ","pages":"2184923241311937"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR & THORACIC ANNALS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02184923241311937","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Chondrosarcoma, a primary malignant bone tumor, rarely occurs in the vertebrae. We report a 29-year-old female with a 6 × 4.2 cm chondrosarcoma in the posterior mediastinum originating from the left 9th costa vertebral junction involving vertabrea corpus. Surgical resection performed involving posterior thoracotomy, 8-9th rib resection, 8-9th thoracal vertebrae partial corpectomy, laminectomy, spinal instrumentation, and chest wall stabilization. Pathology confirmed chondrosarcoma with safe margins. The patient remained recurrence-free for 9 years. This case highlights the importance of wide-margin surgical resection and multidisciplinary approaches for long-term survival in chondrosarcoma patients.
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The Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals is an international peer-reviewed journal pertaining to cardiovascular and thoracic medicine. Besides original clinical manuscripts, we welcome research reports, product reviews, reports of new techniques, and findings of special significance to Asia and the Pacific Rim. Case studies that have significant novel original observations, are instructive, include adequate methodological details and provide conclusions. Workshop proceedings, meetings and book reviews, letters to the editor, and meeting announcements are encouraged along with relevant articles from authors.