title: Hypertrophic nonunion humerus mimicking an enchondroma.
abstract: Introduction. Although fractures of humeral shaft show excellent results with conservative management, nonunion does occur. Case Report. We bring forth the case of a young male with a 1.5-year-old hypertrophic nonunion of the humerus mimicking an enchondroma. The initial X-ray images of the patient appeared to be an enchondroma, which only on further evaluation and histopathological analysis was diagnosed conclusively to be a hypertrophic nonunion. Discussion. Enchondromas are often incidentally diagnosed benign tumours. It is however not common to misdiagnose a hypertrophic nonunion to be an enchondroma. We present this case to highlight the unique diagnostic dilemma the treating team had to face.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak 124001, India.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Magu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak 124001, India.
authors.forename: Amanpreet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak 124001, India.
authors.forename: Reetadyuti
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8347-4943
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak 124001, India.
authors.forename: Jitendra
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wadhwani
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak 124001, India.
authors.forename: Paritosh
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2579-6688
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gogna
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak 124001, India.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5823-0288
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singla
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak 124001, India.
authors.forename: Sahil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Hinduja Sindhi Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka 560027, India.
authors.forename: Pragnashree
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay Chatterjee