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Periosteal Chondroma Wheeless
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Description: Periosteal Chondroma: (Juxta Cortical Chondroma)
Discussion:
- cartilaginous tumor that arises from surface of cortex deep to the periosteum
producing broad based cartilaginous mass that may extend into soft tissues;
- often develops after adolescence (in contrast to osteochondroma)
- persists as mass of mature cartilage w/o calcification or ossification (in contrast to chondrosarcoma);
- tumor is does not infiltrate the adjacent soft tissue but may increase in size
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Author/Contact: Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Added: Wed Mar 28 2007