Osteolipoma of the ankle: A rare case report.

Osteolipoma are uncommon benign soft tissue tumors, deriving from fat cells metaplasia. We report a case of 47-year-old female with a progressively enlarging, painless mass over the anteromedial aspect of left ankle, explorations showed a calcified masse and histopathologic diagnosis was in favor of osteolipoma, which was resected surgically without any recurrence after 2 years follow up. This tumor can affect different regions of the body but ankle location is very rare and must be distinguished from other diagnosis essentially sarcoma.

[Coinfection with hydatid cyst and pulmonary tuberculosis]. / Coinfection pulmonaire par un kyste hydatique et une tuberculose pulmonaire.

Morocco is an endemic area for both hydatid cyst and tuberculosis (TB). The co-occurrence of these two diseases in lung is unusual, especially when localized in the same area. We describe the case of a patient with pulmonary hydatid cyst associated with tuberculosis infection where the diagnosis was unknown prior to surgery because TB tests were negative. The surgical resection was very difficult because of inflammation in the surrounding tissue and its fragility. However, the postoperative course was uneventful. The goal of this case report is to keep in mind that such co-infection is possible especially in endemic countries.

Synovial hemangioma of the ankle.

Synovial hemangioma is a rare benign vascular tumor that arises from any synovium-lined surface. The most typical form is the intra articular type in which the tumor forms a mass lined by synovial membrane. We report a case of a juxta articular synovial hemangioma of the ankle.