Abstract

ABSTRACT Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma. We report one such case where a diagnosis of EMC was made based on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). A 75 year-old male presented to our FNAC clinic with a mass in the right thigh. Magnetic resonance imaging was suggestive of a malignant soft tissue neoplasm and showed no bone involvement. A diagnosis of a myxoid sarcoma favouring an EMC was made. Subsequent excision of the mass followed by histopathological examination and immunohistochemistry confirmed this diagnosis. EMC has distinctive cytological features that are helpful in reaching the diagnosis but it has to be differentiated from other myxoid sarcomas.