We undertook this retrospective study to determine the rate of recurrence and functional outcome after intralesional curettage for chondroblastoma of bone. The factors associated with aggressive behaviour of the tumour were also analysed. We reviewed 53 patients with histologically-proven chondroblastoma who were treated by intralesional curettage in our unit between 1974 and 2000. They were fo...

BACKGROUND Chondroblastoma is a rare benign cartilaginous tumor, which primarily occurs in children and adolescents. Chondroblastoma commonly originates in the epiphyseal plate of long bones. An aggressive curettage treatment is recommended to manage lesion, which may jeopardize an open epiphyseal plate and result in limb shortening and deformity as the limb grows and develops. The purpose is t...

INTRODUCTION Tumors of the medial malleolus are rare. Chondrogenic tumors of the medial malleolus are extremely rare. Chondroblastoma of the medial malleolus has not been reported previously in the English literature. The purpose is to present a rare tumor occurring at an unusual site and its successful management. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 30 years old female with chondroblasto...

Introduction Chondroblastoma is a rare benign bone tumour, but locally destructive lesion although metastases may occur. It usually presents in the second decade of life. It is typically localised in the epiphyses of the long bones. Localisation in flat bones is unusual. Males are affected more often than females, the ratio being approximately 2:1. Common clinical symptoms are pain and a decrea...

UNLABELLED Patient: Female, 32. FINAL DIAGNOSIS Chondroblastoma. SYMPTOMS Pain. MEDICATION -. CLINICAL PROCEDURE -. SPECIALTY Oncology. OBJECTIVE Unusual clinical course. BACKGROUND 1% of all bone tumors are Chondroblastomas. Chondroblastomas, initially considered to be an osteoclastoma variant are benign, cartilaginous tumors which usually occur in the epiphysis of long bones, es...

Primary neoplasms of the patella account for less than 1% of all primary bone tumors of the lower extremity, the most frequent of them being the giant cell tumor of bone, the chondroblastoma, and the aneurysmal bone cyst. Herein, we report the case of a 29-year-old woman with an active giant cell tumor of the patella (GCTP) with its clinical and radiological features and a brief review of the l...

INTRODUCTION Chondroblastoma is a benign bone tumor with a relatively high incidence in older children and adolescents during the period of active epiphyseal growth. It is generally regarded as a benign neoplasm, but sometimes it grows aggressively or recurs. To prevent recurrence, complete curettage is important; however, such an approach can be extremely difficult to perform precisely when th...