Periosteal Chondroma
What is Periosteal chondroma?
Periosteal chondroma is one type of Chondroma, occurred in the surface of bone, the periosteum, the tendons and ligament. Periosteal chondroma can be seen from children to adults in all age groups, is located in the backbone of long bones or metaphysis, most occur in the proximal humerus.
What are causes of Periosteal chondroma?
Periosteal chondroma is caused by benign chondroma that derived from the connective tissue of periosteum.
1. The naked eye can see: The tumor was dense lobular hyaline cartilage component package.
2. Endoscopic seen: chondroma with central compared to cells than the abundant, large; occasionally some nuclear size, nuclear plump, mildly pleomorphic, some dual-core cells. These are "normal" or long bones in the center of the trunk of cartilage bone tumor arising from the same organization with different prognostic significance like.
What are symptoms of Periosteal chondroma?
Periosteal chondroma symptoms include tumor moderate swelling, and sometimes can be quite large, little swelling, with or without pain.
How is diagnosis for Periosteal chondroma?
Periosteal chondroma is diagnosed by X-ray. Cortex shows that depression dish, very superficial, even more than slight ring of the marked lines to bone sclerosis. Generally does not extend to the medullary cavity. Hemispherical lens or the like chondroma of soft tissue masses with similar X through the linear, non-duality can be found through X-ray shadow of the particles and that the calcification of cartilage and / or ossification. Chondroma along the rim of cortical bone from the periosteum from the top can produce spur, surrounded the base of the tumor.
How is treatment for Periosteal chondroma?
If periosteal chondroma have asymptomatic, non-continuous growth (usually after the end of the growth of the body is no longer growing), the patient can follow-up without surgery. Otherwise, Periosteal chondroma is treated by surgery, the tumor should be en bloc resection for marginal or wide excision, we can make sure cure. However, after lesion excision has a high success rate.