"Secondary" chondrosarcoma of the hand. Case report and review of the literature
Gaulke, R.; Preisser, P.
Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse Organ der V. 29(5): 251-255
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0722-1819 PMID: 9424451 Document Number: 475755
Rapid growth of a painful and often recurrent bone tumor of the hand, is suspicious of low malignant chondrosarcoma, even despite previous histological identification as an enchondroma. The difficulty of differential diagnosis of enchondroma and chondrosarcoma is demonstrated in two cases and discussed in a review of the literature.