Volume : 5, Issue : 12, December - 2016

Hemipelvectomy for chondrosarcoma involving left thigh extending into left pelvis and left pubic bone

Rajinder Pal Singal, Muzzafar Zaman

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Primary malignant bone tumors involving the pelvis account for 15% of all primary malignant bone tumors . We report the case of a patient having chondrosarcoma involving left thigh, pelvis and pubic area in a 45 years old male who underwent an extensive internal hemipelvectomy without any bony reconstruction. Follow up of patient at 6 months showed a good oncological and functional outcome. One</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> important prognostic factor on local outcome is the site of the tumour. Those tumours which crossed the sacroiliac joint had a higher incidence of local recurrence compared with those at other sites.</span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>