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01-03-2017 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: Is Needle Biopsy Clinically Useful in Preoperative Grading of Central Chondrosarcoma of the Pelvis and Long Bones?
Author:
R. Lor Randall, MD
Published in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Issue 3/2017
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Excerpt
Central cartilage neoplasms of bone are the most common bone tumor encountered in the adult population. From the distinctly benign, relatively ubiquitous enchondroma to the highly lethal, but fortunately rare, dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma, this family of lesions demonstrates variability in behavior that truly reflects the process of malignant degeneration. …