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'''Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma''' is a rare type of [[chondrosarcoma]] found in the soft tissue.
'''Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma''' is a rare type of [[chondrosarcoma]] that is found in the [[soft tissue lesions|soft tissue]].


==General==  
==General==  
*Rare variant of [[chondrosarcoma]].
*Rare variant of chondrosarcoma.
*2–10% of primary chondrosarcomas.
*2–10% of primary chondrosarcomas
*Adolescents and young adults.
*Adolescents and young adults
*Female predilection.
*Female predilection
*Most commonly intraosseous but can occur in extraskeletal sites especially the central nervous system (from the meninges).
*Most commonly intraosseous but can occur in extraskeletal sites especially the central nervous system (from the meminges)
*The ''mesenchymal'' in the name refers to the ability to arise in soft tissues.<ref name=pmid14161087>{{cite journal |author=Dowling EA |title=Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma |journal=J Bone Joint Surg Am |volume=46 |issue= |pages=747–54 |year=1964 |month=June |pmid=14161087 |doi= |url=http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/46/4/747.pdf}}</ref>
*The 'mesenchymal' in the name refers to the ability to arise in soft tissues.<ref name=pmid14161087>{{cite journal |author=Dowling EA |title=Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma |journal=J Bone Joint Surg Am |volume=46 |issue= |pages=747–54 |year=1964 |month=June |pmid=14161087 |doi= |url=http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/46/4/747.pdf}}</ref>
*Conceptualized as originating from a pleuripotential mesenchymal cell with foci recapitulating enchondral ossification.
*Conceptualized as originating from a pleuripotential mesenchymal cell with foci recapitulating enchondral ossification.
*The small cells appear to be an undifferentiated cartilage stem cell which “differentiate” into benign cartilage <ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fanburg-Smith | first1 = JC. | last2 = Auerbach | first2 = A. | last3 = Marwaha | first3 = JS. | last4 = Wang | first4 = Z. | last5 = Rushing | first5 = EJ. | title = Reappraisal of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma: novel morphologic observations of the hyaline cartilage and endochondral ossification and beta-catenin, Sox9, and osteocalcin immunostaining of 22 cases. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 41 | issue = 5 | pages = 653-62 | month = May | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.11.006 | PMID = 20138330 }}
*The small cells appear to be an undifferentiated cartilage stem cell which “differentiate” into benign cartilage.<ref name=pmid20138330>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fanburg-Smith | first1 = JC. | last2 = Auerbach | first2 = A. | last3 = Marwaha | first3 = JS. | last4 = Wang | first4 = Z. | last5 = Rushing | first5 = EJ. | title = Reappraisal of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma: novel morphologic observations of the hyaline cartilage and endochondral ossification and beta-catenin, Sox9, and osteocalcin immunostaining of 22 cases. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 41 | issue = 5 | pages = 653-62 | month = May | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.11.006 | PMID = 20138330 }}</ref>
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==Gross==  
==Gross==  
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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
'White clouds in a dark blue sky'
Features:
*Malignant tumour with a characteristic biphasic pattern.
**Cellular poorly differentiated [[small round blue cell tumours|small round blue cells]].
**Islands of well-differentiated hyaline [[cartilage]].
***Progressive maturation of cartilage towards the center.
***Central calcification or [[bone]] formation.
**Can have a [[staghorn vessels|hemangiopericytomatous vascular pattern]].


*Malignant tumor with a characteristic biphasic pattern
Notes:
**Cellular poorly differentiated small round blue cells
*May be described as ''white clouds in a dark blue sky''.
**Can have a hemangiopericytomatous vascular pattern
 
**Islands of well-differentiated hyaline cartilage
===DDX===
***Progressive maturation of cartilage towards the center
*[[Hemangiopericytoma]] - no cartilage.
***Central calcification or bone formation
*[[Lymphoma]] - Sox9 negative, CD45 positive.
*Metaplastic [[glioblastoma]] - usually older adults - GFAP positive.
*[[Chondrosarcoma]] (NOS) - usually older adults - hyaline cartilage is malignant.
*[[Small cell osteosarcoma]] - Sox10 negative, no cartilage.
*[[Ewing sarcoma]] - both are CD99 positive but ES is Sox9 negative, no cartilage.
*Monophasic [[synovial sarcoma]] - also can have the hemangiopericytomatous vasculature.
 
Note:
*Depends a bit on where the tumour is located and how much cartilage is readily visible.


===Images===
===Images===
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*Osteocalcin (negative in small cells).  
*Osteocalcin (negative in small cells).  
*CD99 - (positive in small cells)
*CD99 - (positive in small cells)
==DDX==
Depends a bit on where the tumor is located and how much cartilage is readily visible.
**Hemangiopericytoma - no cartilage
**Lymphoma - Sox9 negative, CD45 positive
**Metaplastic Glioblastoma - usually older adults - GFAP positive
**Chondrosarcoma  - usually older adults - hyaline cartilage is malignant
**Small cell osteosarcoma - Sox10 negative, no cartilage
**Ewing sarcoma - Both are CD99 positive but ES is Sox9 negative, no cartilage
**Monophasic synovial sarcoma - also can have the hemangiopericytomatous vasculature


==Molecular==
==Molecular==

Revision as of 06:20, 21 November 2014

Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is a rare type of chondrosarcoma that is found in the soft tissue.

General

  • Rare variant of chondrosarcoma.
  • 2–10% of primary chondrosarcomas.
  • Adolescents and young adults.
  • Female predilection.
  • Most commonly intraosseous but can occur in extraskeletal sites especially the central nervous system (from the meninges).
  • The mesenchymal in the name refers to the ability to arise in soft tissues.[1]
  • Conceptualized as originating from a pleuripotential mesenchymal cell with foci recapitulating enchondral ossification.
  • The small cells appear to be an undifferentiated cartilage stem cell which “differentiate” into benign cartilage.[2]

Gross

Pink and fleshy with foci of calcification.

Microscopic

Features:

Notes:

  • May be described as white clouds in a dark blue sky.

DDX

Note:

  • Depends a bit on where the tumour is located and how much cartilage is readily visible.

Images

www:

IHC

  • SOX9 (positive in small cells and chondrocytes).[3]
  • S100 (positive in chondrocytes not in small cells).
  • Osteocalcin (negative in small cells).
  • CD99 - (positive in small cells)

Molecular

t(8;8)(q21.1;q13.3) HEY1-NCOA2.[4]

See also

References

  1. Dowling EA (June 1964). "Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma". J Bone Joint Surg Am 46: 747–54. PMID 14161087. http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/46/4/747.pdf.
  2. Fanburg-Smith, JC.; Auerbach, A.; Marwaha, JS.; Wang, Z.; Rushing, EJ. (May 2010). "Reappraisal of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma: novel morphologic observations of the hyaline cartilage and endochondral ossification and beta-catenin, Sox9, and osteocalcin immunostaining of 22 cases.". Hum Pathol 41 (5): 653-62. doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2009.11.006. PMID 20138330.
  3. Pang, ZG.; He, XZ.; Wu, LY.; Wei, W.; Liu, XY.; Liao, DY.; Li, FY.; Zhang, XL. (Jun 2011). "[Clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 23 cases of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma].". Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 40 (6): 368-72. PMID 21914343.
  4. Panagopoulos, I.; Gorunova, L.; Bjerkehagen, B.; Boye, K.; Heim, S. (Jul 2014). "Chromosome aberrations and HEY1-NCOA2 fusion gene in a mesenchymal chondrosarcoma.". Oncol Rep 32 (1): 40-4. doi:10.3892/or.2014.3180. PMID 24839999.