Showing posts with label chondroblastoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chondroblastoma. Show all posts

Monday, April 18, 2011

Chondroblastoma

Metaphyseal and diaphyseal chondroblastomas.

"There were four males and three females (age range 2-25 years) [with chondroblastomas]. Locations included proximal femur (n = 1), distal femur (2), proximal humerus (2), clavicle (1), and proximal radius (1). All lesions showed marginal sclerosis. A periosteal reaction was seen in five cases (71%), cortical expansion in four cases (57%), and chondroid matrix in four cases (57%). A CT (two cases) demonstrated a matrix in both cases. An MR (one case) showed extensive perilesional edema. Bone scan (one case) showed intense uptake."

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"A 20-month-old female with swelling of the right forearm"<-that is certainly an alteration in bone shape and size.

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"A 15-year-old female presenting with pain in the right shoulder""This lesion borders but does not transgress the closed growth plate"<-chondroblastomas can occur in closed growth plate.
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25 year old male also with chondroblastoma and closed growth plate.

"chondroblastoma originates from a mesenchymal cell committed toward chondrogenesis via active growth plate signaling pathways"