Differentiating Enchondromas and Atypical Cartilaginous Tumors in Long Bones with Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

ABSTRACT: The differentiation between the atypical cartilaginous tumor (ACT) and the enchondromas is crucial as ACTs require a curettage and clinical as well as imaging follow-ups, whereas in the majority of cases enchondromas require neither a treatment nor follow-ups. Differentiating enchondromas from ACTs radiologically remains challenging. Therefore, this study evaluated imaging criteria in a combination of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for the differentiation between enchondromas and ACTs in long bones. A total of 82 patients who presented consecutively at our institution with either an ACT (23, age 52.7 ±18.8 years; 14 women) or an enchondroma (59, age 46.0 ± 11.1 years; 37 women) over a period of 10 years, who had undergone preoperative MR and CT imaging and sub

SUBMITTER: Gassert FG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9497620 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature