Definition of Enchondromas. Meaning of Enchondromas. Synonyms of Enchondromas

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Definition of Enchondromas

Enchondroma
Enchondroma En`chon*dro"ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? in + ? cartilage + -oma.] (Med.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. --Quain.

Meaning of Enchondromas from wikipedia

- hand are enchondromas. Individuals with an enchondroma often have no symptoms at all. The following are the most common symptoms of an enchondroma. However...
- during childhood. The enchondromas affect the extremities and their distribution is asymmetrical. The most common sites of enchondromas are the metacarpal...
- consists of the growth multiple enchondromas which usually develop in early childhood. The growth of these enchondromas usually stops after skeletal maturation...
- surgical excision is often curative. Enchondromas are benign tumors of hyaline cartilage. Within a bone, enchondromas are often found in metaphyses. They...
- a form of osteochondrodysplasia characterized by a proliferation of enchondromas. Ollier disease can be considered a synonym for enchondromatosis. Maffucci...
- Metachondromatosis are seen as follows: Enchondromas are benign tumors present on the inside of bones. In Metachondromatosis, enchondromas involves the iliac crests...
- syndrome is a sporadic disease characterized by the presence of multiple enchondromas ****ociated with multiple simple or cavernous soft tissue hemangiomas...
- lesions include osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, osteoblastoma, enchondroma, fibrous dysplasia, simple bone cyst, aneurysmal bone cyst, non-ossifying...
- disorder that exhibit symptoms of both multiple osteochondromas and enchondromas in children and is also inherited in autosomal dominant mode. A type...
- upon location, a chondroma can be described as an enchondroma or ecchondroma.[citation needed] enchondroma - tumor grows within the bone and expands it ecchondroma...