title: [Epidermoid carcinoma arising in femoral osteitis. A case].
abstract: The authors report a case of malignant degeneration arising from a fistula in a patient with chronic osteomyelitis of the femur. This rare complication (0.2 per cent-1.6 per cent) most frequently involves the lower limb. A review of the literature reveals that it is associated with long-standing osteomyelitis (30 years), is most frequently a squamous cell carcinoma or rarely a sarcoma, and is principally treated by surgical amputation. The frequency of metastatic spread is low (30 per cent). Malignant degeneration appears to be a local phenomenon, and if diagnosed early, has a rather favorable outcome following complete excision.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Orthopédie-Traumatologie I, CHRU Dupuytren, Limoges.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mabit
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huc
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Setton
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Leboutet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Arnaud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pecout
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D005269:Femur; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010000:Osteitis / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Carcinome épidermoïde sur ostéite du fémur: un cas.