Recurrent osteochondroma of the phalanges of the hand: review of literature and a case report

ABSTRACT

Osteochondroma is a benign developmental growth defect usually found in the metaphyseal area of long bones. It rarely affects small bones of the hands and feet. We report a case of a seventeen-year-old female patient presenting by recurrent solitary Osteochondroma that was located at the distal end of the proximal phalanx of the thumb away from the growth plate