Nonsurgical Treatment as Alternative to Surgical Treatment in Enchondromas of the Distal Phalanx. Analysis of a Series of 11 Cases.

Purpose: To describe the results of nonsurgical and surgical treatment of enchondromas of the distal phalanx of the hand.

Methods: Eleven enchondromas of the distal phalanx were retrospectively reviewed. Five patients underwent surgery (curettage and autogenous cancellous bone graft from the iliac crest) and 6 patients were treated nonsurgically.

Aggressive curettage of a chondroblastoma-like osteosarcoma of the proximal end of the tibia. A case report with seven-year follow-up.

A chondroblastoma-like osteosarcoma (CLO) in the proximal epiphysis and metaphysis of the tibia in a 30-year-old male is presented. With a wrong diagnosis of chondroblastoma, an aggressive curettage was performed. Later, the patient refused en-bloc resection.