ABSTRACT
Liposarcomas are among the most common soft tissue sarcomas, but are rarely found in the foot or ankle. Certain types of liposarcomas, which range from well-localized low-grade entities to highly aggressive neoplastic lesions, may resemble common benign soft tissue lesions. Myxoid liposarcoma is the most common type of liposarcoma and is important to recognize and differentiate from a benign soft tissue lesion because it may be a limb-threatening and/or life-threatening tumor. A thorough literature review and perplexing case study of myxoid liposarcoma of the ankle is presented.
Subject(s)
Ankle , Liposarcoma, Myxoid , Soft Tissue Neoplasms , Adult , Ankle/surgery , Humans , Liposarcoma, Myxoid/diagnosis , Liposarcoma, Myxoid/pathology , Liposarcoma, Myxoid/surgery , Male , Postoperative Care , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/diagnosis , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/pathology , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/surgeryABSTRACT
There have been many surgical approaches described for the surgical treatment of tailor's bunions. The authors have been using a procedure that addresses both an elevated fourth to fifth intermetatarsal angle and an elevated lateral deviation angle, for the past 3 years. The metaphyseal osteotomy provides reliable correction of these two abnormalities and allows for uncomplicated rigid fixation.
