Conventional Cartilaginous Tumors: Evaluation and Treatment.

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[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: Disclosure: The authors indicated that no external funding was received for any aspect of this work. The Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest forms are provided with the online version of the article (http://links.lww.com/JBJSREV/A691). 20. Radiologe. 2016 Jun;56(6):476-88. doi: 10.1007/s00117-016-0112-z. [Cartilage tumors : Pathology and radiomorphology]. [Article in German] Uhl M(1), Herget G(2), Kurz P(3). Author information: (1)Klinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Kinderradiologie und Neuroradiologie SJK, RKK‑Klinikum Freiburg, Sautierstr. 1, 79104, Freiburg, Deutschland. markus.uhl@RKK-Klinikum.de. (2)Department Orthopädie und Traumatologie, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland. (3)Pathologisches Institut, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 115, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland. Primary cartilage-forming tumors of the bone are frequent entities in the daily work of skeletal radiologists. This article describes the correlation of pathology and radiology in cartilage-forming skeletal tumors, in particular, enchondroma, osteochondroma, periosteal chondromas, chondroblastoma and various forms of chondrosarcoma. After reading, the radiologist should be able to deduce the different patterns of cartilage tumors on radiographs, CT, and MRI from the pathological aspects. Differentiation of enchondroma and chondrosarcoma is a frequent diagnostic challenge. Some imaging parameters, e. g., deep cortical scalloping (more than two thirds of the cortical thickness), cortical destruction, or a soft-tissue mass, are features of a sarcoma. Osteochondromas are bony protrusions with a continuous extension of bone marrow from the parent bone, the host cortical bone runs continuously from the osseous surface of the tumor into the shaft of the osteochondroma and the osteochondroma has a cartilage cap. Chondromyxoid fibromas are well-defined lytic and eccentric lesions of the metaphysis of the long bones, with nonspecific MRI findings. Chondroblastomas have a strong predilection for the epiphysis of long tubular bones and develop an intense perifocal bone marrow edema. Dedifferentiated chondrosarcomas are bimorphic lesions with a low-grade chondrogenic component and a high-grade noncartilaginous component. Most chondrogenic tumors have a predilection with regard to site and age at manifestation. DOI: 10.1007/s00117-016-0112-z