Enchondroma (en-kon-DRO-ma) is one type of benign (noncancerous) cartilage tumor that appears on the inside of the bone. These tumors usually begin and grow in childhood, then stop growing but remain ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 63-year-old woman without significant personal past medical history presented to her primary physician with a ...

The patient has sustained a pathologic fracture through an undiagnosed enchondroma of the proximal phalanx of the small finger. An enchondroma is the most common bone tumor of the hand. 1 Enchondromas ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Radionuclide bone scans may not correlate with other radiographic and clinical findings and are not warranted ...

The most common primary bone tumor in the hand is an enchondroma, which is the most likely diagnosis for this patient. An enchondroma is a benign, cartilage-forming tumor that most often occurs in ...

Ollier disease (OD) is a rare, nonhereditary benign bone disease. Multiple enchondromatosis with a typical asymmetrical distribution restricted to the appendicular skeleton is the characteristic ...

Benign bone tumors may be present in nearly 20 percent of healthy children, based on a review of historical radiographs in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the ...

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke Medicine researchers have shown how gene mutations may cause common forms of cartilage tumors. In a study published in the Feb. 16, 2015, issue of the Proceedings of the National ...