title: Soft tissue chondroma presenting as a painful finger: diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Benign cartilage tumors of the hands and feet are uncommon soft tissue tumors that generally present as a painless swelling. The diagnosis is often made histologically, as the radiographic appearance of the soft tissues may be normal. In this report, we present a woman who demonstrates the need to consider soft tissue chondromas in the differential diagnosis of a painful finger. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to localize the tumor, suggesting that this imaging method may be useful in differential diagnosis of finger pain.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dellon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery