title: Malignant transformation of an enchondroma of the hand: a case report.
abstract: Secondary chondrosarcomas according to malignant transformations of the solitary enchondromas were extremely rare in the hand. The aim of this study is to present a case of a 43-year-old male having rare malignant transformation of the solitary enchondroma treated with total excision and replacement with iliac bone graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey. ozcanli@akdeniz.edu.tr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozcanli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alimoglu
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Aydin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009372:Neoplasms, Connective Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed