Key Points
• Bone tumours of the hand and wrist are uncommon.
• The majority of these tumours are benign.
• Enchondroma is the commonest benign tumour.
• Chondrosarcoma is the commonest malignant primary tumour.
• Malignant tumours of the hand frequently have a better prognosis than tumours at other skeletal sites.
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Kotnis, N., Davies, A., James, S. (2009). Hand and Wrist. In: Davies, A., Sundaram, M., James, S. (eds) Imaging of Bone Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77984-1_35
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