Chondroblastoma Orthopaedics eMedicine

Description: A chondroblastoma is a rare, usually benign, tumor of bone, which accounts for approximately 1% of all bone tumors. In 1931, Codman classified it as a chondromatous variant of giant cell tumors when he described these lesions in the proximal humerus. A decade later, Jaffe and Lichtenstein renamed Codman tumor benign chondroblastoma to emphasize the chondroblastic genesis of the lesion and to distinguish it from classic giant cell tumor of bone. Contents - Introduction Clinical Differentials Workup Treatment Medication Follow-up Miscellaneous Pictures Bibliography