title: Chondromyxoid fibroma in the metacarpal bone of the thumb.
abstract: We present a case of a chondromyxoid fibroma in the exceptionally rare location of the first metacarpal bone in a 12-year-old boy. The tumor had evolved asymptomatically over a period of 8 years destroying all diaphyseal trabecular bone. No recurrence was evident 50 months following aggressive curettage of the metacarpal lesion, which presented a predominantly myxoid appearance.
authors.affiliation: Mount Gould Orthopaedic Hospital, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Declerck
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Rawlings
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002812:Chondroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003475:Curettage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus; D011859:Radiography; D013933:Thumb