Case Report
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Clin Cases. Aug 26, 2025; 13(24): 106459
Published online Aug 26, 2025. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v13.i24.106459
Table 1 Review of the literature of various phalangeal osteochondromas and their management
No.
Ref.
Location
Age/sex
Presentation
Surgical procedure
Outcome
1Salim et al[7]Volar aspect of the proximal phalanx of left middle finger12/MPainful range of motion. Restriction of flexion of MCP jointEn bloc excisionPainless full range of motion of MCP joint
2Hayo et al[8]Intra-articular; 7 patients: Solitary tumor; 1 patient: MHE2 females and 6 males, with a mean age of 5.74 yearsClinodactyly deformityEn bloc excisionCorrection of deformity
3Kwon et al[9]Volar proximal part of proximal phalanx of left middle finger21/MTrigger finger with flexion contracture of the PIP jointEn bloc excision + repair of A1 and A2 pulley with Z-plasty lengtheningCorrection of locking and flexion contracture
4Palaniswamy et al[10]Radial aspect of middle phalanx of left 4th finger47/MRecurrent tumor that was excised twice beforeEn bloc excisionNo further recurrence
5Al-Harthy et al[11]Atypical osteochondroma of proximal phalanx of right ring finger5/FTrigger finger with normal X raysExcision of hidden osteochondromaAsymptomatic after 2 months
6Stern et al[12]Dorsum of proximal phalanx of the right index finger4/FSwan-neck deformityEn bloc excisionAsymptomatic after 3 months with full range of motion
7Dieudonne et al[13]Middle phalanx of the right index finger3 month/FRadially deviated right index fingerEn bloc excision at 22 months of age; lesion recurred at 4 years of age; Recurrent lesion was resected with a diagnosis of BPOPNo further recurrence noted
8Yamamoto et al[14]Proximal phalanx of right ring finger3/MSwelling with minimally restricted extensionSpontaneous regression of the osteochondroma by the age of 10 yearsAsymptomatic at 10 years of age
9Yabumoto et al[15]Middle phalanx of the right middle finger50/FAtypical A3 pulley trigger fingerEn bloc excision + repair of the pulleyNo recurrence
10Karr et al[16]Proximal phalanx of the middle finger in a case of MHE18 month old childTrigger fingerEn bloc excision of the tumor with release of the pulley (A1 and initial part of A2)Asymptomatic
11De Oliveira et al[17]2 patients with MHE9/F, 13/FTrigger fingerEn bloc excision of the tumor with release of the pulley (A1 and initial part of A2)At 6 months no triggering but residual flexion lag of 20°; Asymptomatic after 2 months
12Ohnishi et al[18]10 patients (solitary) and 6 patients (MHE)0 to 9 years; 14 males and 2 femalesRestricted range of motion of the adjacent joints and angular deformity14 patients underwent simple excision and in 3 patients osteotomy with excision of tumor2 patients had 30° degrees of residual restriction of range of motion; 2 patients 10° of residual angular deformity
13Al Qattan et al[19]Solitary multi lobed osteochondroma from the base of middle phalanx25/MRestriction of range of motion of PIP jointMarginal excisionRecovery of range of movement
14Baek et al[20]10 patients with solitary osteochondroma8 were male and two femaleRestriction of range of movement and deformityExcision of mass and corrective osteotomy if requiredImprovement in function
15Yoshioka et al[21]MHE1/MRestriction of movementExcision of the massImprovement in function