Morphological diagnosis of chondroid tumors of skull bones: аctual situation

Cranial chondroid tumors are a large group of benign and malignant neoplasms. The histological diagnosis plays a crucial role for treatment of patients with this pathology, especially, for cases of tumors with uncertain malignancy such as atypical cartilaginous tumor / chondrosarcoma grade I. There is no description of a unified concept of morphological diagnosis of atypical cartilaginous tumor / chondrosarcoma grade I with cranial localization in the current medical literature today. In this article we tried to reflect the actual state of the problem and emphasize the relevance of standardization of criteria for the histological assessment of cranial chondroid tumors.

Case Report: Reconstruction After Anterior Pubic Hemipelvectomy

We report on a case of a large atypical cartilaginous tumor of the pelvis and its novel surgical resection with an anterior hemipelvectomy and reconstruction with an iliac crest graft. Surgical intervention is the mainstay treatment of pelvic chondrosarcomas. However, there have been reports of concern regarding preventing pelvic visceral herniation and adequately reconstructing the pelvis. This report is unique within the literature and has yielded good functional outcomes whilst achieving satisfactory surgical margins and minimizing morbidity.