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CASE 682: RIB CHONDROSARCOMA, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr HO CHI TRUNG, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

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A 56 male patient with right shoulder pain for a half of month.

Chest X-Ray and ultrasound show a #3.1x2.5 cm right posterior legion of 7th rib  with hypoechoic pattern, neovascular signals and moderate of hard code on elastography ultrasound.



 


CT confirms and  suspects malignancy to the # 3.5 cm diameter of rib lesion with erosion of upper border of the 7 th rib which is strongly capturing CE.


Surgery removes the tumor and the histopathologic report is mesenchymal chondrosarcoma.


It is a rare entity of cancer of cartilage in middle aged patient  low metastase. 

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