title: Intracapsular paraarticular chondroma of the knee.
abstract: Intracapsular or paraarticular chondromas are seldom mentioned in the literature. They generally occur in the area around the knee, and must be recognized and differentiated from other soft-tissue tumors that appear at this site such as sarcomas containing focal calcification or ossification, and from other cartilaginous lesions such as synovial chondromatosis. We present a case of intracapsular chondroma of the knee in a 63-year-old woman. A biopsy was performed to rule out the possibility of a soft-tissue sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, New York, NY 10003.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nuovo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shankman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Present
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010329:Patella