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Hand and Wrist

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Imaging of Bone Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

Key Points

• Bone tumours of the hand and wrist are uncommon.

• The majority of these tumours are benign.

• Enchondroma is the commonest benign tumour.

• Chondrosarcoma is the commonest malignant primary tumour.

• Malignant tumours of the hand frequently have a better prognosis than tumours at other skeletal sites.

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    Nikhil A. Kotnis, A. Mark Davies & Steven L. J. James

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Kotnis, N., Davies, A., James, S. (2009). Hand and Wrist. In: Davies, A., Sundaram, M., James, S. (eds) Imaging of Bone Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77984-1_35

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