title: Soft-tissue chondroma of the masticatory space.
abstract: Soft-tissue chondroma is an infrequent, benign, cartilaginous tumour that is uncommon in the head and neck region. Single-location chondromas rarely evolve into malignant neoplasms. Chondromas are composed of hyaline cartilage with focal calcification. There have been a few reports published of cases of soft-tissue chondroma of the neck and parapharyngeal space. Here is described a new location of this tumour in the masticatory space.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy. gderiu@uniss.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Riu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gobbi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Contini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tullio
mesh_terms: D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*