International Dental Journal of Students Research

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 3

Surgical management of chondrosarcomas of Head and Neck

  • Author:
  • Govind Jindal1,, Simarpreet Singh Batra2, Jaspreet Singh Badwal3, Shaina Uppal3, Shivani Bhandari4
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 101 to 104

1Professor & HOD, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab

2PG Student, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab

3Dentist, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab

4Junior Lecturer, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab

Abstract

Chondrosarcomas are uncommon malignant mesenchymal neoplasms that are rare in the head and neck region. They affect mainly the maxilla, while relatively few arise from the mandible, nasal cavity, larynx, skull and cervical vertebrae. Radical surgical resection with a wide margin of normal tissue is the treatment of choice, while radiotherapy and chemotherapy are reserved as adjunctive therapies for tumours where enbloc resection is not feasible.