RT Journal
A1 Grimer, Robert J.
A1 Tillman, Roger M.
A1 Carter, Simon R.
A1 Mankin, Henry J.
A1 Ramappa, Arun J.
A1 Lee, Francis Y.I.
A1 Tang, Peter
A1 Carlson, Jeffrey R.
A1 Gebhardt, Mark C.
T1 Local Recurrence of Chondroblastoma
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2001
FD April 1
VO 83
IS 4
SP 623
OP a
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
We thoroughly enjoyed reading the article, "Chondroblastoma
of Bone" (82-A: 1140-5, Aug. 2000), by Ramappa et al. Coincidentally,
we have reviewed our own experience with this subject and have found
that nine (13%) of our sixty-nine patients had a local
recurrence, a figure nearly identical to that from the Boston study.
We were unable to identify any risk factors for local recurrence, although
two of eight patients with proximal femoral lesions had a local
recurrence. The only other frequent sites of recurrence were the
proximal part of the humerus (two of sixteen) and the proximal part
of the tibia (two of thirteen).