title: Calcaneal tumors and tumor-like conditions.
abstract: Approximately 3% of osseous tumors occur in the foot and ankle. Solitary bone cysts, chondroblastoma, intraosseous lipoma, osteoid osteoma, chondrosarcoma, and Ewing's sarcoma seem to have a predilection for the calcaneus. Biopsy is often a crucial step in management. Tumor-like conditions, such as cysts, reactive lesions, and osteomyelitis, must be considered during evaluation. Treatment is often observation or curettage of benign lesions and resection or amputation for malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA.
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Kilgore
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Parrish
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002111:Calcaneus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans