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November 15, 2023
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Chondroid Tumors as Incidental Findings and Differential Diagnosis between Enchondromas and Low-grade Chondrosarcomas

Publicated to: SEMINARS IN MUSCULOSKELETAL RADIOLOGY. 23 (1): 3-18 - 2019-02-01 23(1), DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1675550

Authors:

Diana Afonso, P; Isaac, Amanda; Martel Villagran, Jose
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Affiliations

Guys & St Thomas Hosp NHS Fdn Trust, London, England - Author
Hosp Beatriz Angelo, Dept Radiol, Loures, Portugal - Author
Hosp Luz, Grp Luz Saude, Dept Radiol, Musculoskeletal Imaging Unit, Lisbon, Portugal - Author
Hosp Univ Fdn Alcorcon, Unidad Diagnost Imagen, Madrid, Spain - Author
Kings Coll London, Div Imaging Sci & Biomed Engn, London, England - Author
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Abstract

Chondroid tumors are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that all share the production of chondroid matrix. This ranges from a fetal type to mature hyaline cartilage and mirrors its imaging characteristics. The benign chondroid tumors represent some of the most encountered incidental bone lesions, with osteochondroma the most frequent benign bone tumor. Enchondroma is mostly asymptomatic, and yet it is probably the second most common primary bone tumor. Similarly, its malignant counterpart, chondrosarcoma, is the second most common malignant primary bone tumor. The 2013 World Health Organization (WHO) updated this group of tumors, and grade 1 chondrosarcoma was renamed atypical cartilage tumor and classified as an intermediate type of tumor, not a malignancy, which better describes its clinical behavior. In this article we summarize changes made in the updated 2013 WHO classification and highlight the diagnostic features differentiating an enchondroma from a low-grade chondrosarcoma. We also describe practical imaging aspects of the remaining chondroid tumors.
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Keywords

BiopsyBone neoplasmsBone tumorsBone-tumorsCartilaginous tumorsChondroid tumorsChondromaChondromyxoid fibromaChondrosarcomaDiagnosis, differentialEnchondromaFollow-upHealth-organization classificationHumansImaging featuresIncidental findingsMrNeoplasm gradingSarcoma classificationSoft-tissueSynovial chondromatosisWho classification

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal SEMINARS IN MUSCULOSKELETAL RADIOLOGY, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q4 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.87. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-05, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 36
  • Europe PMC: 18
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 62.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 62 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 9 (Altmetric).
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal; United Kingdom.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Martel Villagrán, José).

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