- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, United States.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Hospital Neurological Institute, Houston, TX, United States.
Correspondence Address:
Sricharan Gopakumar
Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, United States.
DOI:10.25259/SNI_130_2020
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Abstract
Background: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is a rare cartilaginous neoplasm that typically involves the axial skeleton. Despite a well-circumscribed appearance, this tumor has a tendency to recur both locally and with distant metastases.
Case Description: A 17-year-old patient presented with numbness and paresthesias in the lower extremities attributed to a T10-T11 intradural extramedullary mesenchymal chondrosarcoma. The patient was treated with aggressive local resection and adjuvant therapy. Here, this case and present literature are appropriately reviewed.
Conclusion: Although uncommon, intraspinal mesenchymal chondrosarcomas warrant both radical local resection and aggressive adjuvant therapy with chemoradiation to provide the greatest chance of progression-free survival.
Keywords: Adjuvant therapy, Intradural tumor, Intraspinal, Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
INTRODUCTION
Mesenchymal chondrosarcomas are rare, primary malignant neoplasms of bone and soft tissues that arise from primitive cartilage forming mesenchymal tissue and are capable of distant metastasis.[
Patient case
A 17-year-old male presented with a 5-week onset of progressive lower extremity numbness and hyperreflexia attributed to a primary T10-T11 intradural extramedullary mesenchymal chondrosarcoma. Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the thoracic spine showed an intradural posterolateral right-sided lesion at the T10-11 level compressing the spinal cord anteriorly [
Due to the high risk of local tumor recurrence, the patient underwent a second operation with further resection of surrounding tissues.[
DISCUSSION
Background
Mesenchymal chondrosarcomas are rare tumors, constituting 25% of all chondrosarcomas in children and adolescents.[
Diagnosis
On MRI imaging, these tumors often have extraosseous extension, lytic lesions, poorly defined periosteal reaction, and mottled calcification.[
Management
Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is known to have a late recurrence, sometimes even more than 20 years after the primary tumor occurs.[
The use of chemotherapy in the treatment of mesenchymal chondrosarcomas in the literature is controversial.[
CONCLUSION
Intradural extramedullary mesenchymal chondrosarcomas are rare tumors that require prompt diagnosis, aggressive wide surgical excision, and adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy to achieve the best outcomes. Here, a 17-year- old male with a T10-T11 mesenchymal chondrosarcoma underwent a secondary operation with total en bloc resection, including dural removal with patch grafting plus adjuvant chemoradiation to avoid tumor recurrence.
Declaration of patient consent
Patient’s consent not obtained as patients identity is not disclosed or compromised.
Financial support and sponsorship
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Conflicts of interest
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