Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma treated with total en bloc spondylectomy for 2 consecutive lumbar vertebrae resulted in continuous disease-free survival for more than 5 years: Case report

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Matsuda, Yoshiro ^a   Sakayama, Kenshi ^a   Sugawara, Yoshifumu ^a   Miyawaki, Joji ^a   Kidani, Teruki ^a   Miyazaki, Tatsuhiko ^a   Tanji, Nozomu ^a   Yamamoto, Haruyasu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Lumbar spine; Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma; Spine; Spondylectomy

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MESENCHYMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPINE CANCER; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHONDROSARCOMA, MESENCHYMAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646460118     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000210297.02677.66     Document Type: Article

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