title: Malignant tumours of the bones of the hand (from the records of the Rizzoli Institute).
abstract: The authors present ten cases of malignant neoplasm of the bones of the hand, four primary tumours and six solitary metastatic tumours, from the case material of the Rizzoli Institute. They stress the importance of differential diagnosis of these rare neoplasms, in particular from benign neoplastic or hyperplastic lesions, which are common in the hand.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy