Chondrosarcoma differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rohan A. Bhimani, M.B.B.S., D.N.B., M.Ch.[2]

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Chondrosarcoma must be differentiated from other diseases such as chondroma, enchondroma, synovial chondromatosis, and osteosarcoma.

Disease	Epiphyseal lesion	Benign lesion that may metastasize to lung	Diagnosis	Treatment is curretage and bone grafting
Chondrosarcoma	+	+	Radiology and biopsy	+
Giant Cell Tumor	+	+	Radiology and biopsy	+
Aneurysmal bone cyst	-	-	Radiology and biopsy	+
Osteoblastoma	-	-	Biopsy	+
Chondromyxoid Fibroma	-	-	Radiology and biopsy	+