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Benign and malignant cartilaginous bone tumors of the hand are rare findings, however representing a particular pathology due to the capacity to induce significant functional impairment. Even though a large proportion of tumors of the hand and wrist are benign, these may present destructive characteristics, deforming adjacent structures until compromising function. The most appropriate surgical approach for most benign tumors is intralesional lesion resection. Malignant tumors often require wide excision, up to segment amputation to obtain tumor control. A five-year retrospective study was performed on patients admitted in our Clinic with benign cartilaginous tumors of the hand, in which 15 patients were admitted within this period, 10 presenting with enchondroma, four presenting with osteochondroma, and lastly one with chondromatosis. After clinical and imaging evaluation, all the aforementioned tumors were surgically removed. Definitive diagnosis for all bone tumors, either benign or malignant, was established by tissue biopsy and histopathological examination, dictating therapeutic strategy.

Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare neoplasia. Now classified as SFT, it was first described in 1942 as "hemangiopericytoma" (HPC), and its origin was supposed to be the pericytes. The location outside the pleura is considered uncommon and the tumor situation on the thigh is much more unusual. In this article, we present a case of a SFT located in the hip. Even if the limb situation of the SFT is considered rare, some tumors in lower limb were reported in the past few years. Our initial clinical diagnosis, in this case, was a variant of lipoma (fibrolipoma), so no further investigations were performed before surgery at that time, and the surgery was planned as a simple procedure. The mimics of SFT with a large variety of benign tumors, especially in long-term evolution cases, make the preoperative diagnosis much more difficult. After the excision of the tumor and histological and immunohistochemical (IHC) tests, the diagnosis was finally stated. Even the findings in the exam conducted us to a most likely benign evolution, the eight years follow-up allowed us to strongly correlate the evolution with laboratory findings in this case. Further follow-up in this case can and will be performed.