Abstract
Florid reactive periostitis is an increasingly recognized neoplasm of the hand that presents as a painful, bone-producing mass of the digit. Other names for this neoplasm include pseudomalignant osseous tumor of the digits, 1 extraosseous localized non-neoplastic bone and cartilage formation, 2 fibroosseous pseudotumor of the digits, 3 and florid reactive periostitis. 4 Landsman et al. recommended that authors adopt the term florid reactive periostitis. 5 The differential diagnoses include osteosarcoma, parosteal osteosarcoma, periosteal osteosarcoma, periosteal chondroma, periosteal chondrosarcoma, osteomyelitis, and giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath. Therefore, careful histologic and radiographic examinations are essential to avert unneces-
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