title: Cortical chondroblastoma: report of a case and literature review of this lesion reported in unusual locations.
abstract: Chondroblastoma is a rare benign tumor occurring in adolescence and young adulthood, almost always involving the epiphysis of long bones. A 24-year-old man presented with a discrete soft-tissue lesion penetrating the cortex of the right distal femoral metadiaphyseal region. Biopsy revealed a chondroblastoma, and the patient subsequently underwent a total curettage of the lesion with cancellous bone graft from the iliac crest.
authors.affiliation: New Jersey Medical School of Pathology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ, USA. hameedmr@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Meera R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hameed
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blacksin
authors.forename: Kasturi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benevenia
authors.forename: Seena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aisner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002804:Chondroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis