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

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  the 7th rib  with hypoechoic pattern, neovascular signals and moderate hard code on elastography ultrasound.

 

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

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

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