ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANNALS, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1-3, 2025 (ESCI)
Chondrosarcoma, a primary malignant bone tumor, rarely occurs in the vertebrae. We report a 29-year-old female
with a 6 × 4.2 cm chondrosarcoma in the posterior mediastinum originating from the left 9th costa vertebral junction
involving vertabrea corpus. Surgical resection performed involving posterior thoracotomy, 8–9th rib resection, 8–9th
thoracal vertebrae partial corpectomy, laminectomy, spinal instrumentation, and chest wall stabilization. Pathology
confirmed chondrosarcoma with safe margins. The patient remained recurrence-free for 9 years. This case highlights
the importance of wide-margin surgical resection and multidisciplinary approaches for long-term survival in chondrosarcoma patients.