Intra-articular chondroma of the knee

Chondromas are tumours that develop in relation to the periosteum and, although they are common around the knee, most reports deal with soft tissue chondromas in para-articular locations or intracortical tumours in extra-articular regions. We report a rare case of an intra-articular chondroma in a 1...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Skeletal radiology 2005-06, Vol.34 (6), p.351-354
Main Authors: TALWALKAR, S. C, KAMBHAMPATI, S. B. S, WHITEHOUSE, R, LANG STEVENSON, A. I, FREEMONT, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Arthroscopy - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy - methods
Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis
Bone Neoplasms - surgery
Chondroma - diagnosis
Chondroma - surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Joint Diseases - diagnosis
Joint Diseases - surgery
Knee
Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging
Knee Joint - pathology
Knee Joint - surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Male
Medical sciences
Pain - etiology
Radiography
Rare Diseases
Tumors
Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Chondromas are tumours that develop in relation to the periosteum and, although they are common around the knee, most reports deal with soft tissue chondromas in para-articular locations or intracortical tumours in extra-articular regions. We report a rare case of an intra-articular chondroma in a 16-year-old boy of Asian origin developing in the region of the medial femoral condyle of the femur and extending into the femoral sulcus and the patellofemoral joint.
ISSN:0364-2348
1432-2161
DOI:10.1007/s00256-004-0863-x