Chondroma of the subcutaneous bursa of the Achilles tendon.
A 46-year-old female presented a six-month history of posterior heel pain. Clinical and radiographical examination revealed a nodular calcified mass into the subcutaneous tissue of the Achilles tendon bursa. Following excision, histopathology showed an extraskeletal soft-tissue chondroma. Follow up at 24 months showed no recurrence. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a soft tissue chondroma at this site: some soft tissue tumors develop at unusual anatomic location.
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Rome, Tor Vergata School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
Francesco
F
Oliva
Riccardo
R
Venanzi
Stefano
S
Fratoni
Nicola
N
Maffulli
D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000473:pathology; D002061:Bursa, Synovial / Q000473:pathology; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006365:Heel / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery