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Correct Answer » A
Explanation
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The bone tumor as shown in the picture above shows cotton-wool / Pop-corn/ Bread-crumb appearance as seen in cases of Chondrosarcoma.
Chondrosarcomas developing in patients with ollier’s and maffucci syndrome is called secondary chondrosarcoma.
Secondary chondrosarcoma
- It is the chondrosarcoma arising in benign precursor either osteochondroma and enchondroma.
- There are no reliable figures about the risk of developing secondary chondrosarcoma in benign precursors.
- The risk of chondrosarcoma in solitary osteochondroma is 2% and that for osteochondromatosis is 5 – 25%.
- Patients with ollier’s disease and maffucci syndrome have a 25 – 30% risk of developing chondrosarcoma.
