osteochondroma

Other Hand Tumours

1.  Foreign Body Granuloma

 

Management

 

Curettage and bone graft (if bony)

Excision of lump 

- recurrence very unusual

 

2.  Osteochondroma

 

Xray

 

Cortical flow evident

 

3.  Brown's tumour

 

Causes

 

Primary hyperparathyroidism

Osteochondroma

Definition

Osteochondroma Hip

 

Outgrowth of benign cartilage from bone

 

Epidemiology

 

50% of benign bone tumours

- single lesion in 90% 

 

Aetiology

 

1.  Multiple

Tumour suppressor gene

- family of tumour suppressor genes involved

- have been identified in chondrosarcomas

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