Chondroma/Chondrosarcoma

CHONDROMA
INSIDIOUS GROWTH FROM HYALIN CARTILAGE
PRIMARILY FROM THE INT ASPECT OF THE POST CRICOID CARTILAGE>THYROID>ARYTENOID>EPIGLOTTIS
MALE>FEMALE
CAUSE INSIDIOUS ONSET OF HOARSENESS, DYSPNEA,DYSPHAGIA, AND GLOBUS PHARYNGEUS
SIGNS—MASS COVERED WITH NL MUCOSA
CALCIFICATION ON X-RAY
Rx: EXCISION
CHONDROSARCOMA
VERY SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE + BINUCLEATE OR MULTINUCLEATE CELLS
PREDILECTION FOR PETROSPHENOID SYNCHONDROSIS IN SKULL BASE TUMORS
Rx: EXCISION—ERROR ON THE SIDE OF CONSERVING VITAL STRUCTURES—MAY DO CARTILAGE SHAVE TYPE PROCEEDURE—RARELY NEED TO DO A LARYNGECTOMY

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