title: A rare cartilaginous tumor in the phalangeal bone: enchondroma protuberans.
abstract: Enchondroma protuberans is a very rare benign cartilage tumor. Unlike intramedullary enchondromas; they originate from medulla and expands exophytically outside the cortex. We presenet a 19-year-old male patient with an enchondroma protuberans treated surgically, with excision and intramedullary curettage. The patient was asymptomatic and no recurrence was recorded in the 1 year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. beytemur@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ozan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Beytemür
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Adanır
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oncü
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Umit Seza
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Tetikkurt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003475:Curettage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D050278:Finger Phalanges / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases; D016896:Treatment Outcome