title: Soft tissues chondromas of the hand: a report of five cases.
abstract: Soft tissue chondromas are rare slowly-progressing benign tumours. We report 5 new cases of soft-tissue chondromas of the hand. The median age at the time of diagnosis was 38 years. The evolution ranged from one month to 5 years. Standard radiographs showed variable images depending on the degree of calcification. An excision biopsy was performed in all patients. A well encapsulated and limited tumour was found at surgery. Positive diagnosis was provided by the pathology examination. Simple excision-biopsy should suffice to treat the condition but care should be taken to make the excision complete in order to avoid recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Aziza Othmana Hospital Tunis, Tunisia. khedhaier_a@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Abdelkarim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khedhaier
authors.forename: Riadh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maalla
authors.forename: Khelil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ennouri
authors.forename: Nizar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Regaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery