title: Intra-articular extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of the ankle.
abstract: We describe an extremely rare case of an intra-articular extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma causing devastating destruction to the ankle joint in a 71-year-old woman, which had been originally excised as a ganglion cyst. Histological analysis of the lesion revealed an extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. The patient proceeded to curative surgery with a below-the-knee amputation.
authors.affiliation: The London Sarcoma Service, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex, UK. j_s_bhamra@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jagmeet S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bhamra
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alorjani
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Asif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saifuddin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome