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- - Chondrosarcomas are tumors made from bone or cartilage, and while they are fairly common, primary pulmonary chondrosarcomas in the lungs are extremely rare.
- - This report discusses a specific case of a young male patient diagnosed with a primary pulmonary chondrosarcoma after ruling out tumors from other origins.
- - The findings include the patient's clinical symptoms, results from pulmonary function tests, and diagnostic imaging, alongside a review of similar cases in existing literature.
Article Abstract
Chondrosarcomas are tumors consisting of osseous or cartilaginous stroma. They are not an uncommon pathology; however, primary pulmonary chondrosarcomas arising in lung parenchyma are extremely rare, with few cases published in literature. Herein, we present a case with biopsy-proven primary pulmonary chondrosarcoma after exclusion of primary origin elsewhere. In the case presented in this report, we demonstrate the clinical presentations, pulmonary function tests, and the radiological findings of this rare tumor in a young male patient. Further, we present a brief review of existing literature for patients with similar pathology.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7049877 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS_131_2019 | DOI Listing |
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