Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is very aggressive and represents approximately 1% of all
chondrosarcomas. While it
affects a very wide age range, the peak frequency is in the second decade of
life. It may occur in the
head and
rib region with a predilection for the maxillofacial
skeleton. The small
cell undifferentiated component may assume a
hemangiopericytoma-like vascular pattern and should be distinguished from
hemangiopericytoma.
Treatment is en bloc resection, the intended
tissue margins of excision should be designed to extend well beyond the actual
tumor margin, as
mesenchymal chondrosarcomas. Aggressive
behavior of
mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the
jaw, with a tendency for delayed
recurrence and
metastasis even many years
after treatment. The most frequent site of
metastasis was the
lung. Here we present 52 years old ,
female case of
mesenchymal chondrosarcoma occurs on Rt.
mandible.