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Chondroblastoma

Synonyms: benign chondroblastoma, epiphyseal chondroblastoma

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Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

Abstract

It is a benign tumor, which may be either epiphyseal or apophyseal, usually manifested during late childhood or adolescence, and composed of cells considered to be chondroblasts.

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Campanacci, M., Bertoni, F., Bacchini, P. (1990). Chondroblastoma. In: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-29279-2_14

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