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

Submitted by henry on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 18:06
Case Identification
Case ID Number: 
20091105CR
Benign/Malignant: 
unknown
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.
Image Reference: 
Bizarre Parosteal Osteochondromatous Proliferation in the hand
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