Recurrent primary lumbar vertebra chondrosarcoma: Marginal resection and Iodine-125 seed therapy

Chunpeng Ren; Jiancheng Zeng; Yueming Song; Xiandi Wang

doi:10.4103/0019-5413.128772

Recurrent primary lumbar vertebra chondrosarcoma: Marginal resection and Iodine-125 seed therapy

Indian J Orthop. 2014 Mar;48(2):216-9. doi: 10.4103/0019-5413.128772.

Authors

Chunpeng Ren¹, Jiancheng Zeng¹, Yueming Song¹, Xiandi Wang¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

Chondrosarcomas are uncommon in the spinal column. En bloc excisions with wide margins are of critical importance but not always feasible in spine. We report the outcome in a case of recurrent lumbar vertebral chondrosarcoma treated with marginal resection and iodine-125 seeds placed in the resected tumor bed.

Keywords: Chondrosarcoma; iodine-125; lumbar vertebra; marginal resection.