title: Chondrosarcoma of the thumb arising from a solitary enchondroma.
abstract: Secondary chondrosarcoma of the bone of the hand arising from a solitary enchondroma is a rare entity, with only 16 published cases in the literature. We report the clinicopathologic findings of a new case arising from a preexisting solitary enchondroma. A review of the literature is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Allgemeinchirurgie, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peiper
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zornig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013933:Thumb