title: Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the talus.
abstract: Sarcoma is a rare cancer that can be found anywhere in the body. Approximately 1% of all adult cancers are sarcoma, and angiosarcomas account for approximately 1% to 2% of all sarcomas. Although rare, when clinical and radiographic changes suggestive of neoplasm are seen in the lower extremities, and if metastasis is suspected, angiosarcoma should be among the differential diagnosis. In this report, we describe the case of an elderly woman who presented with epithelioid angiosarcoma of the talus. Although the patient became aware of the sarcoma only after pain developed after minor trauma to her foot, evaluation of the injury revealed the presence of metastatic disease, and the patient succumbed to the cancer shortly after the diagnosis was made.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals/OCPM and Louis Stokes VA, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mendeszoon
authors.forename: Ewald R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Mendeszoon
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Samantha Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D013628:Talus / Q000473:pathology*; D016312:Treatment Refusal