title: Diffuse mineralization of forearm extraskeletal chondroma.
abstract: We report on the clinical, histologic, and radiologic features - including CT and MRI - of extraskeletal chondroma in a rare case of diffuse calcification of the chondroid matrix. T2-weighted MR imaging showed a well-demarcated mass of low signal intensity in the left flexor digitalis profundus, with a slight surrounding intramuscular edema. Histopathological examination revealed a heavily calcified soft-tissue chondroma generating macrophagic foreign body reaction. Knowledge of this unusual pattern of mineralization may help in the radiological diagnosis of extraskeletal chondroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France. thomas.lecorroller@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Le Corroller
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouvier-Labit
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Champsaur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed