title: Chondromyxoid fibroma of the metacarpal.
abstract: This report describes a chondromyxoid fibroma which developed in the distal part of the second metacarpal of a 12-year-old girl. The tumor is rare, perhaps the rarest of all bone tumors, and the occurrence in a metacarpal of a young female is extraordinarily uncommon.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Oncology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hau
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Mankin
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography