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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Role in the Differentiation Between Atypical Cartilaginous Tumors and High-Grade Chondrosarcoma: An Updated Systematic Review.
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- Pain in patients with multiple inherited osteochondromas: Incidence and potential prognostic factors. A retrospective cohort study.Journal of bone oncology · 2025Article
- Atypical cartilaginous tumor imaging findings in the distal phalanx of the left thumb: case report and literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Clinical outcome of curettage in atypical cartilaginous tumors of the long bones: a descriptive cohort study.Acta orthopaedica · 2024Article
- Preoperative prediction of histopathological grading in patients with chondrosarcoma using MRI-based radiomics with semantic features.BMC medical imaging · 2024Article
- Diagnosis of chondrosarcoma in a noninvasive way using volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath: a pilot study.Future oncology (London, England) · 2024Article
- Classification of Chondrosarcoma: From Characteristic to Challenging Imaging Findings.Cancers · 2023Review
- Atypical MRI Presentation of High-Grade Chondrosarcoma in the Proximal Femur.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2023Article
- The influence of site on the incidence and diagnosis of solitary central cartilage tumours of the femur. A 21Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2022Article
- Midterm MRI Follow-Up of Untreated Enchondroma and Atypical Cartilaginous Tumors in the Long Bones.Cancers · 2021Article
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- Imaging Aspects of Enchondromas in Pediatric Patients.Current health sciences journalArticle
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Abstract
Chondrosarcoma (CS) is a malignant tumor affecting the bones while atypical cartilaginous tumors (ACTs) are chondral tumors with moderate cellularity, mild atypia, and with myxoid changes and mild metastatic ability. Both can have one of the worst prognoses if not identified early enough. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been one of the modalities to detect such tumors and we aim to determine the common characteristic and features to be seen while screening for CS or ACTs. We conducted a systematic review of the previously published reports that investigated the diagnostic ability of MRI and the reported characteristics that can differentiate between ACTs and high-grade chondrosarcomas (HGCS). A comprehensive relevant database search was performed to include all the relevant studies. Among these studies, seven studies investigated the overall accuracy in the classification of the different chondroma types. Additionally, many studies reported the characteristic findings of each tumor according to the MRI results. These characteristics mainly included trapped fat, bone marrow edema, cortical damage, and soft-tissue expansion. Therefore, further attention should be given to these criteria for better assessment, differentiation, and favorable outcomes. MRI can efficiently identify some of the characteristics of both ACTs and HGCS. However, combining it with other radiological modalities may lead to a better differentiation. The detection of ACTs and HGCS lesions with MRI solely has been doubted before in the literature.
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