title: Cartilaginous lesions of the skin and superficial soft tissue.
abstract: Two cases of cartilaginous tumors located in the dermis are reported. One tumor occurred on the bridge of the nose and was a true cutaneous chondroma. The other arose on the finger and represented a cutaneous calcifying chondroma. Study of these lesions prompted a review of cartilaginous tumors and tumor-like conditions presenting as cutaneous lesions. A classification proposed includes, in addition to true cutaneous chondromas, developmental anomalies, soft tissue and skeletal tumors and miscellaneous lesions.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*