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Chondrosarcoma is a rare malignant cartilaginous tumour of the bone. It commonly occurs in the pelvis, scapula proximal femur, and shoulder girdle .We present a case of a woman in her 56 years of age with chondrosarcoma of the calcaneum-a rare lesion that accounts for 0.5-2.97% of all chondrosarcomas of other sites. Treatment for chondrosarcoma is generally wide surgical excision. Chemotherapy or radiation is not effective for most of these lesions.
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Bone Neoplasms/pathology , Calcaneus/pathology , Chondrosarcoma/pathology , Amputation, Surgical , Bone Neoplasms/surgery , Calcaneus/surgery , Chondrosarcoma/surgery , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Pain/etiology , Rare Diseases/pathology , Rare Diseases/surgeryABSTRACT
Skeletal muscle haemangiomas are uncommon soft tissue tumors; more than 90% are misdiagnosed initially. They present as chronic pain and swelling in a muscle with or without a history of trauma. Plain X-rays, bone scans, computerized tomography (CT) studies, and angiography studies may not always be specific for this tumor. Diagnostic ultrasound is an appropriate initial imaging modality for suspected haemangioma, although magnetic resonance imaging is the investigation of choice. Many treatment modalities for the symptomatic haemangiomas are available of which surgical excision is the most preferred. We present an unusual case of pain, swelling, and restriction of movements in the right knee following an episode of trauma in a 12-year-old boy who was being followed for 1 year by a general practioner and later referred to us. The patient was diagnosed to have intramuscular cavernous haemangioma in the vastus medialis by us for which he was treated by surgical excision and followed for 1 year and found to have no recurrence. The clinical features, radiological picture, pathological histology, diagnostic tools, and treatment options have been discussed.
ABSTRACT
Chronic iliac osteomyelitis classically presents radiologically as an ill defined radiolucent lesion with moth eaten appearance along with periosteal reaction and sequestrum formation. Our case report presents a rare radiological picture of iliac bone osteomyelitis in the form of an expansile mutiloculated lytic lesion.
