. Radiography and radio-therapeutics . DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF TUMOURS OF BONE 277. Fig. 243.—Enchondromata of bones of metacarpal bone of the index finger is extensivelyinvolved by an expanding growth which is in partsossified. The first and second phalanges show an earlierstage of the same condition, characterised by rarefactionof the area involved, which has not yet begun to ex-pand. The second phalanx on its ulnar side shows abud-like projection at the proximal end of the rarefiedarea. Clinical data and radiographic records should be taken together if the examin ation is expecte
. Radiography and radio-therapeutics . DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF TUMOURS OF BONE 277. Fig. 243.—Enchondromata of bones of metacarpal bone of the index finger is extensivelyinvolved by an expanding growth which is in partsossified. The first and second phalanges show an earlierstage of the same condition, characterised by rarefactionof the area involved, which has not yet begun to ex-pand. The second phalanx on its ulnar side shows abud-like projection at the proximal end of the rarefiedarea. Clinical data and radiographic records should be taken together if the examin ation is expected to be of appearance of a shadow of doubtful nature in one of the long bones raises most important questions of diagnosis. The benign cyst has recently been shown to be a comparatively common tumour of bone. The term benign is used in relation to the degree of malignancy and growth rather than as a patho-logical classification. Many of these so-called benign growths are myeloid sarcomata, which are peculiarly slow in the rate of growth. The tumours most likely to lead
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