Enchondroma

A tumour formed of cartilage growing inside a bone.


Benign, slow-growing tumor of cartilage cells at the ends of tubular bones, especially those of the hands and feet.


A benign cartilaginous tumor occurring in the growing zone (metaphysis) of a bone and not protruding beyond its margins. Such tumors are often solitary; when multiple the condition is known as enchondromatosis.


A benign cartilaginous tumor occurring generally where cartilage is absent, or within a bone, where it expands the diaphysis.


This refers to a benign bone tumor that begins in the cartilage within the metaphysis, the region where new tissue is added during bone growth.


 


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