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Periosteal chondroma is a benign hyaline cartilage tumor of the bone surface that develops from the periosteum. Male patients are more commonly affected than female patients. Patients are usually between ages 10 and 30 years. The proximal humerus is the single most frequently affected site followed by the distal femur. On radiographs, periosteal chondromas appear as one or more cortically situated, lobulated soft tissue masses with erosion or cortical saucerization. There may be associated medullary sclerosis and periostitis. Histologically periosteal chondromas show characteristic lobules of hyaline cartilage. Treatment is conservative surgical excision.
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Park, YK. (2015). Periosteal Chondroma. In: Santini-Araujo, E., Kalil, R., Bertoni, F., Park, YK. (eds) Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Bone. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6578-1_18
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