A Subdermal Osteochondroma in a Young Girl

Osteochondromas are common benign tumors of cartilage and bone. They are usually found as contiguous bone with a cartilage cap at the end of the growth plate of long bones. Similar to structure are extraskeletal osteochondromas. However, unlike typical osteochondromas, extraskeletal osteochondromas...

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Main Authors: Heather A. Cole, Hernan Correa, Jonathan G. Schoenecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8672816
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description Osteochondromas are common benign tumors of cartilage and bone. They are usually found as contiguous bone with a cartilage cap at the end of the growth plate of long bones. Similar to structure are extraskeletal osteochondromas. However, unlike typical osteochondromas, extraskeletal osteochondromas are noncontinuous with bone. To our knowledge, all reported extraskeletal osteochondromas have been contained within fascial compartments. Here we present the case of a 5-year-old female who had a slow growing mass of the anterior distal right thigh. Imaging studies revealed an ossified mass extending from dermal layer of the subcutaneous tissue with no connection to the underlying deep fascia. An excisional biopsy was performed and proved to be a subdermal extraskeletal osteochondroma.
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spelling doaj-art-27edbdd161f54c3caf4969765d5706c82025-08-20T02:04:19ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572017-01-01201710.1155/2017/86728168672816A Subdermal Osteochondroma in a Young GirlHeather A. Cole0Hernan Correa1Jonathan G. Schoenecker2Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4202 Doctors’ Office Tower, 2200 Children’s Way, Nashville, TN 37232-9565, USADepartment of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4202 Doctors’ Office Tower, 2200 Children’s Way, Nashville, TN 37232-9565, USADepartment of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4202 Doctors’ Office Tower, 2200 Children’s Way, Nashville, TN 37232-9565, USAOsteochondromas are common benign tumors of cartilage and bone. They are usually found as contiguous bone with a cartilage cap at the end of the growth plate of long bones. Similar to structure are extraskeletal osteochondromas. However, unlike typical osteochondromas, extraskeletal osteochondromas are noncontinuous with bone. To our knowledge, all reported extraskeletal osteochondromas have been contained within fascial compartments. Here we present the case of a 5-year-old female who had a slow growing mass of the anterior distal right thigh. Imaging studies revealed an ossified mass extending from dermal layer of the subcutaneous tissue with no connection to the underlying deep fascia. An excisional biopsy was performed and proved to be a subdermal extraskeletal osteochondroma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8672816
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