ec·chon·dro·ma

(ek'kon-drō'mă),

1. A cartilaginous neoplasm arising as an overgrowth from normally situated cartilage, as a mass protruding from the articular surface of a bone, in contrast to enchondroma.

2. An enchondroma which has burst through the shaft of a bone and become pedunculated.

Synonym(s): ecchondrosis

[G. ek, from, + chondros, cartilage, + -oma, tumor]

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Cervical chordoma involving C3/C4: A case report

Uber die Ecchondrosis physaliforasphenooccipitalis.

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