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Chondroma classification

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Chondroma may be classified according to location of the outgrowth into 3 groups that include enchondroma, periosteal chondroma and synovial chondroma.

Classification

Classification

  • Chondroma may be classified according to location of the outgrowth into 3 groups:[1][2][3]
  • Another classification for chondroma which is used less commonly is based on their anatomic locations:[4][5][6]
References

References

  1. ↑ Bachoura A, Rice IS, Lubahn AR, Lubahn JD (September 2015). “The surgical management of hand enchondroma without postcurettage void augmentation: authors’ experience and a systematic review”. Hand (N Y). 10 (3): 461–71. doi:10.1007/s11552-015-9738-y. PMC 4551638. PMID 26330779.
  2. ↑ Uhl M, Herget G, Kurz P (June 2016). “[Cartilage tumors : Pathology and radiomorphology]”. Radiologe (in German). 56 (6): 476–88. doi:10.1007/s00117-016-0112-z. PMID 27233920.
  3. ↑ Chun KA, Stephanie S, Choi JY, Nam JH, Suh JS (2015). “Enchondroma of the Foot”. J Foot Ankle Surg. 54 (5): 836–9. doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2015.01.002. PMID 26024560.
  4. ↑ Gaetani P, Tancioni F, Merlo P, Villani L, Spanu G, Baena RR (December 1996). “Spinal chondroma of the lumbar tract: case report”. Surg Neurol. 46 (6): 534–9. PMID 8956884.
  5. ↑ Sreedharan S, Kamath MP, Hegde MC, Sundar S, Lobo FD, Raju PK (January 2006). “Chondroma of the nasal bone: a case report”. Ear Nose Throat J. 85 (1): 44–6. PMID 16509243.
  6. ↑ Brownlee RD, Sevick RJ, Rewcastle NB, Tranmer BI (May 1997). “Intracranial chondroma”. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 18 (5): 889–93. PMID 9159366.


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