Abstract
Cartilaginous tumors in the maxillofacial skeleton show the same features as their extragnathic counterparts. Chondroblastoma and chondromyxoid fibroma are very rare in the head and neck region. Chondrosarcoma is more frequently seen at this site but mainly in the walls of the sinonasal cavities, jaw location being uncommon. In this Chapter the clinicopathologic features of these tumors that have production of chondroid matrix as common feature are discussed.
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Slootweg, P. (2015). Tumors of Cartilage. In: Pathology of the Maxillofacial Bones. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16961-3_10
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