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tenosynovial chondromatosis
Monday 15 December 2003
Tenosynovial chondromatosis is a multinodular cartilaginous proliferation that arises from the tenosynovial membranes.
Synopsis
multinodular cartilaginous proliferation involving tenosynovium and/or subsynovial connective tissue
mild or moderate atypia
Differential diagnosis
chondroma of soft parts
synovial chondromatosis
References
Fetsch JF, Vinh TN, Remotti F, Walker EA, Murphey MD, Sweet DE. Tenosynovial (extraarticular) chondromatosis: an analysis of 37 cases of an underrecognized clinicopathologic entity with a strong predilection for the hands and feet and a high local recurrence rate. Am J Surg Pathol. 2003 Sep;27(9):1260-8. PMID: 12960811