enchondroma
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enchondromas,
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enchondromata
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noun
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Origin of enchondroma
1840–50; < New Latin < Greek en- en- 2 + chóndr ( os ) cartilage + -ōma -oma
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The hyaline enchondroma is of slow growth, but may at times assume immense proportions, as is shown in the accompanying illustration, given by Warren, of a patient in whom the growth was in the scapula.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
They usually project from the surface of the bone, and may attain an enormous size; sometimes they grow in the interior of a bone, the so-called enchondroma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Chondroma, or enchondroma, is a cartilaginous tumor occurring principally where cartilage is normally found, but sometimes in regions containing no cartilage.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Excision of the larynx has found its chief indication in carcinoma, but has been employed in sarcoma, polyps, tuberculosis, enchondroma, stenosis, and necrosis.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Lymphoma, enchondroma and osteoma, if not too extensively involving the laryngeal walls, may be excised with basket punch forceps, but lymphoma is probably better treated by radium.*
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Multiple enchondromata are most peculiar, and may attain enormous sizes.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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
Roentgenray examination may show the shadow of enchondromata or osteomata, and will also show variations in aeration should the tumor be in a bronchus.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
The associated development of tracheal nodular enchondromata has been described.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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