Affiliation:
1. Plastic Surgery Department, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
Abstract
AbstractWe present the case of the transformation of an enchondroma in the middle phalanx of the fourth finger of the left hand into a chondrosarcoma. The patient presented a lesion with clinical history, examination, and radiology findings consistent with an enchondroma, which was conservatively treated. Two years later, the patient came for a medical visit with a clinical and radiological variation of the lesion. Computed tomography scans and biopsy revealed a lesion with sarcomatous degeneration which was confirmed after the controlled amputation of the fourth finger. The malignant transformation potential of an enchondroma must be considered.