chondroma
Americannoun
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chondromas,
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chondromata
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The myeloma is also to be diagnosed from chondroma, from sarcoma, and from osteomyelitis fibrosa cystica.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Primary tumours are of the connective-tissue type, and are usually solitary, although certain forms, such as the chondroma, may be multiple from the outset.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
When there is a central gumma, the shadow is interrupted by a rounded clear area, like that of a chondroma or myeloma, but there is sclerosis round about.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
A chondroma appears as a clear area in a skiagram.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
All intermediate forms between the innocent chondroma and the malignant chondro-sarcoma are met with.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
In multiple chondromas of the hand, when the fingers are crippled and useless, exposure to the X-rays should be given a trial, and in extreme cases the question of amputation may have to be considered.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Treatment.—It is necessary to remove the whole tumour, and in chondromas growing from the surface of the bone, especially if they are pedunculated, this is comparatively easy.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The chondromas that are met with at the ends of the long bones in children and young adults form a group by themselves.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Virchow has divided chondromata into two forms—those which he calls ecchondromata, which grow from cartilage, and those that grow independently from cartilage, or the enchondromata, which latter are in the great majority.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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