Abstract

GUITTON ARTEAGA, Walter; LOPEZ CORDOVA, Gabriela; MILLONES-SANCHEZ, Emanuel  and  TAPIA ORTEGA, Marco. Rare localized high grade chondrosarcoma. An. Fac. med. [online]. 2020, vol.81, n.4, pp.440-443. ISSN 1025-5583.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/anales.v81i4.19862.

Chondrosarcoma is a skeletal malignant neoplasm characterized by the production of neoplastic cartilage, it represents only 20% of bone tumors, and its most frequent location is in the pelvis and proximal extremities. Location in small bones is very rare. A 44-year-old man with a 1-year illness who attended the trauma emergency at the hospital with an increase in volume of the back of the right foot accompanied by intense pain. A wide margin resection of the tumor was performed. The pathology department reported high-grade chondrosarcoma. Currently the patient is evaluated by the oncology service.

Keywords : Chondrosarcoma; Neoplasms; Calcaneus; Case Reports; Lower Extremity.

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