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Malignant tumours of the foot and ankle.
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- Insights into the Distribution Patterns of Foot and Ankle Tumours: Update on the Perspective of a University Tumour Institute.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- High-resolution ultrasound and MRI in the evaluation of the forefoot and midfoot.Journal of ultrasonography · 2023Article
- Malignant Bone and Soft Tissue Lesions of the Foot.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Postoperative clinical and functional outcomes in patients with tumor and tumor-like lesion of foot and ankle.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2022Article
- Surgical excision of complex lipoma from the foot: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- Primary leiomyosarcoma of the distal tibia: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2021Article
- Adjuvant high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the foot: a case report.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2021Article
- Lesions of the heel fat pad.The British journal of radiology · 2021Article
- Calcaneal Reconstruction by Proximal Tibia Allograft Following Total Calcanectomy.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2020Article
- Primary clear cell sarcoma of the calcaneus : Report of a rare case and review of the literature.Der Orthopade · 2019Review
- [Foot and ankle tumours : Part II: Malignant bone tumours and soft tissue tumours of the foot with differential diagnostic hints].Der Radiologe · 2018Review
- Distribution Patterns of Benign and Malignant Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors and Tumor-like lesions in the Hindfoot and Ankle: A 12.5-year Analysis.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
Most of tumours of the foot are tumour-like (synovial cyst, foreign body reactions and epidermal inclusion cyst) or benign conditions (tenosynovial giant cells tumours, planta fibromatosis). Malignant tumours of the soft-tissue and skeleton are very rare in the foot and their diagnosis is often delayed with referral to specialised teams after initial inappropriate procedures or unplanned excisions. The adverse effect of these misdiagnosed tumours is the increasing rate of amputation or local recurrences in the involved patients. In every lump, imaging should be discussed before any local treatment. Every lesion which is not an obvious synovial cyst or plantar fibromatosis should have a biopsy performed.After the age of 40 years, chondrosarcoma is the most usual malignant tumour of the foot. In young patients bone tumours such as osteosarcoma or Ewing's sarcoma, are very unusually located in the foot. Synovial sarcoma is the most frequent histological diagnosis in soft tissues. Epithelioid sarcoma or clear cell sarcoma, involve more frequently the foot and ankle than other sites. The classic local treatment of malignant conditions of the foot and ankle was below-knee amputation at different levels. Nowadays, with the development of adjuvant therapies, some patients may benefit from conservative surgery or partial amputation after multidisciplinary team discussions.The prognosis of foot malignancy is not different from that at other locations, except perhaps in chondrosarcoma, which seems to be less aggressive in the foot. The anatomy of the foot is very complex with many bony and soft tissue structures in a relatively small space making large resections and conservative treatments difficult to achieve. Cite this article:
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