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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
Patients of all age groups may develop enchondromas, although, the incidence of enchondroma peaks in the third and fourth decades of life. Enchondromas affect men and women equally. The male to female ratio is 1 : 1. Periosteal chondromas commonly affect individuals of 20-30 years of age. Males are more commonly affected with periosteal chondromas than females.<ref>Chondroma epidemiology. Medscape. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1258109-overview#a3 Accessed on December 17, 2015</ref> | *Patients of all age groups may develop enchondromas, although, the incidence of enchondroma peaks in the third and fourth decades of life. | ||
*Enchondromas affect men and women equally. The male to female ratio is 1 : 1. | |||
*Periosteal chondromas commonly affect individuals of 20-30 years of age. Males are more commonly affected with periosteal chondromas than females.<ref>Chondroma epidemiology. Medscape. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1258109-overview#a3 Accessed on December 17, 2015</ref> | |||
*The incidence of Ollier's disease is one person in every 100,000.<ref>Ollier disease.Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollier_disease Accessed on December 21, 2015.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]
Overview
Patients of all age groups may develop enchondromas. Enchondromas affect men and women equally. The male to female ratio is 1 : 1. Periosteal chondromas commonly affect individuals of 20-30 years of age. Males are more commonly affected with periosteal chondromas than females.[1]
Epidemiology and Demographics
- Patients of all age groups may develop enchondromas, although, the incidence of enchondroma peaks in the third and fourth decades of life.
- Enchondromas affect men and women equally. The male to female ratio is 1 : 1.
- Periosteal chondromas commonly affect individuals of 20-30 years of age. Males are more commonly affected with periosteal chondromas than females.[2]
- The incidence of Ollier's disease is one person in every 100,000.[3]
References
- ↑ Chondroma epidemiology. Medscape. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1258109-overview#a3 Accessed on December 17, 2015
- ↑ Chondroma epidemiology. Medscape. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1258109-overview#a3 Accessed on December 17, 2015
- ↑ Ollier disease.Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollier_disease Accessed on December 21, 2015.