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chondrometaplasia

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chondrometaplasia /chon·dro·meta·pla·sia/ (kon″dro-met″ah-pla´zhah) a condition characterized by metaplastic activity of the chondroblasts.
chondrometaplasia [kon″dro-met″ah-pla´zhah]
a condition characterized by metaplastic activity of the chondroblasts.

chondrometaplasia
a condition characterized by metaplastic activity of the chondroblasts.


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3) Histologic examination reveals foci of chondrometaplasia in the synovium formed by disorganized cartilage with cytologic atypia, and a differential diagnosis with synovial chondrosarcoma should be performed.
The differential diagnosis of laryngeal chondrosarcoma includes, in addition to chondroma, benign lesions such as chondrometaplasia and tracheopathia osteoplastica, as well as malignant tumors such as adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
[5] True chondromas are probably rare; the differential diagnosis includes chondrometaplasia and low-grade chondrosarcoma.
 
 
 
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