Myxoid Chondrosarcoma of the Hand: An Unusual Skeletal Presentation with Review of Literature

Introduction Myxoid chondrosarcoma is a distinct subtype of chondrosarcoma with several key differences from conventional chondrosarcoma of bone. Our review of the literature and have found that myxoid chondrosarcoma is typically extra skeletal in presentation. Very few cases of myxoid chondrosarcoma of the hand or wrist have been reported and they were extra skeletal in presentation [1-10]. We report a 65 year old female patient who presented to us with a recurrent swelling of the right 5th metacarpal after being misdiagnosed for chondroblastoma. We report this case due to the rarity of this tumor in the metacarpal and the use of a novel technique to reconstruct the affected ray to provide a functional hand for the patient after wide excision of the tumor.