Korean J Cytopathol.  1997 Dec;8(2):194-198.

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Extraskeletal Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma

• Chung MJ
• Oh SY
• Kang MJ
• Lee DG
• Choi HY
• Kim SH

Abstract

Extraskeletal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is a relatively rare tumor and its cytologic findings have rarely been reported. We experienced a case of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of soft tissue of the right lateral neck diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy in a 59 year-old man. Cytologic findings showed two cell components. One was an undifferentiated, small cell component with moderate amount of cytoplasm and spindle nuclei. The second population was a chondroid component. These cytologic findings were diagnostic to mesenchymal chondrosarcoma.

Keyword

Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma; undifferentiated cells; chondrocyte

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Biopsy, Fine-Needle*
Cellular Structures
Chondrocytes
Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal*
Cytoplasm
Humans
Middle Aged
Neck