Chondrosarcoma of the hand arising from a pre-existent benign solitary enchondroma

Autor: J E, Culver, D E, Sweet, F C, McCue
Rok vydání: 1975
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Zdroj: Clinical orthopaedics and related research. (113)
ISSN: 0009-921X
Popis: Chondrosarcomas of the hand are relatively rare. Chondrosarcomas may arise by malignant transformation of a pre-existing enchondroma, but this causal relationship has been difficult to establish in solitary enchondroma. This is a case report of a chondrosarcoma of the proximal phalanx of the right index finger in a 66-year-old woman demonstrating histologic evidence of malignant transformation of a pre-existent benign solitaary enchondroma. Careful analysis of the preoperative X-ray for punctate endosteal calcification or cortical expansion and ample histologic sampling of the endosteal component of chondrosarcomas arising from within bone may demonstrate a greater incidence of preexistent enchondroma.
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