Chondroma

What is Chondroma?
Chondroma is more common benign bone tumors, endogenous chondroma is occurrence of medullary cavity, it is the most common Chondroma. Subperiosteal (Juxtacortical) chondroma are rare. Chondroma hemangioma associated with said multiple Maffuci syndrome. Mostly single chondroma; multiple rare and have occurred on the side of upper and lower limbs or both sides of the upper and lower limbs of the characteristics of symmetrical growth, while the combined limb deformity, also known as endogenous chondromatosis; its occurrence in the side of body, also known as Ollier disease.

What are causes of Chondroma?
Chondroma causes is bone damage, chronic infection, radioactive stimulate, genetic and bone development direction of translocation.

What are symptoms of Chondroma?
Chondroma is slowly disease, general have no symptoms, often a few years growing up as a result of the tumor, resulting in malformation or with intermittent abdominal pain in patients with attention only when aroused. Multiple enchondroma symptoms include a gradual thickening finger in upper limb, ulna bone often shorter than the spoke bone, forearm bending to the ulnar deformity, toe swelling in lower limb, knee valgus, ranging from the length of the two lower limbs.

How is Chondroma diagnosis?
X-ray findings: occurred in mean (toe) bone, the general position was center. We can see the edge of clear, orderly and transparent cystic shadow inflated cortical thinning involved in transparency in the shadow can be seen scattered in the dense sand sample, which is the main Chondroma X-ray symptoms. Occurred in palm (metatarsal) bone, and sometimes the shadow of larger tumors often tend to end of bone, cortical bone expansion than significant, but there was no periosteal reaction. Occurred in cases of long bone, the shadow of a wide range of tumor. When the malignant tumor, it shows that cortical bone destruction and periosteal reaction.

How is Chondroma treatment?
In the choice of treatment for Chondroma, it should be noted, is located in hands, feet chondroma, viable and complete curettage, 50% zinc chloride burning wall of bone, and cancellous bone graft to fill bone chip, is located in long bones of the trunk and limbs, and treatment should use en bloc resection and bone grafting.