NOUN
- benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
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- Excision of the larynx has found its chief indication in carcinoma, but has been employed in sarcoma, polyps, tuberculosis, enchondroma, stenosis, and necrosis. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- Enchondroma may be composed of osteoid tissue, such as is found in the ossifying callous between the bone and the periosteum, and, according to Virchow, then takes the name of osteochondroma. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- Multiple enchondroma of long bones like femur or tibia. d. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- The hyaline enchondroma is of slow growth, but may at times assume immense proportions, as is shown in the accompanying illustration (Fig. 247), given by Warren, of a patient in whom the growth was in the scapula. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- Multiple enchondromata are most peculiar, and may attain enormous sizes. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- _Lymphoma, enchondroma and osteoma_, if not too extensively involving the laryngeal walls, may be excised with basket punch forceps, but lymphoma is probably better treated by radium. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- The hyaline enchondroma is of slow growth, but may at times assume immense proportions, as is shown in the accompanying illustration, given by Warren, of a patient in whom the growth was in the scapula. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- Figure 244 represents an enchondroma of the thumb. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- Roentgenray examination may show the shadow of enchondromata or osteomata, and will also show variations in aeration should the tumor be in a bronchus. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- Chondroma, or enchondroma, is a cartilaginous tumor occurring principally where cartilage is normally found, but sometimes in regions containing no cartilage. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine