A 27 year old man with a four month history of a mass in his palm

Case Identification

Case ID Number
Benign or Malignant

Clinical case information

Case presentation

A 27 year old man presented with a four month history of a mass in his palm. He had no history of trauma. Examination showed a firm, fixed, slightly tender mass in the palm of his right dominant hand. The balance of the exam and the laboratory results were unremarkable.

Differential Diagnosis
The differential should include surface lesions that form bone, such as osteochondroma, exostosis, heterotopic ossification, bizarre parosteal osteocartilagenous proliferation, periosteal osteosarcoma, parosteal osteosarrcoma, and periosteal chondroma.
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