Cartilaginous lesions of the skin and superficial soft tissue

Two cases of cartilaginous tumors located in the dermis are reported. One tumor occurred on the bridge of the nose and was a true cutaneous chondroma. The other arose on the finger and represented a cutaneous calcifying chondroma. Study of these lesions prompted a review of cartilaginous tumors and tumor-like conditions presenting as cutaneous lesions. A classification proposed includes, in addition to true cutaneous chondromas, developmental anomalies, soft tissue and skeletal tumors and miscellaneous lesions.