Rare localized high grade chondrosarcoma

Arteaga W.G.; Córdova G.L.; Millones-Sánche E.; Ortega M.T. · Anales de la Facultad de Medicina (2020) · DOI: 10.15381/anales.v81i4.19862

Resumen

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.