Childhood soft tissue chondroma: a case report.

In this paper we draw attention to the existence of soft tissue chondromas in childhood. This entity is well recognized in adults, where over 90% of the recorded cases have occurred in the hands and feet. Our case is unusual in that the child was only 10 years of age and the lesion was on the back, not in the extremity. The importance of recognizing this condition is that these chondromas may exhibit increased cellularity and mitoses and should not be mistaken for a malignant condition.