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¹Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği, Ankara
²Başkent Üniversitesi, Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, Ankara Extraskeletal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is a rare cartilaginous malignant tumor that shows very fast progression clinically and has very high local recurrence and distant metastasis rates. The most common locations are the bladder, brain, meninges, mediastinum, and thigh. In this case report, we present the clinical features and treatment of a thigh-localized slowgrowing, painful tumor diagnosed as extraskeletal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma in a 22-year-old male, and we discuss the general characteristics of the tumor. Keywords : Extraskeletal; mesenchymal chondrosarcoma; cartilaginous tumor