Rare localized high grade chondrosarcoma

• Autores: Guitton Arteaga, Walter, López Córdova, Gabriela, Millones-Sánchez, Emanuel, Tapia Ortega, Marco
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/19862
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/19862
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Condrosarcoma; Neoplasias; Calcáneo; Informes de Casos; Extremidad Inferior; Chondrosarcoma; Neoplasms; Calcaneus; Case Reports; Lower Extremity

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.