Multifocal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the foot and ankle: a case report.
We report on a 41-year-old man with multiple epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the left foot and ankle. The patient was treated with curettage and fixation with 2 separate plates, but later developed local infection. Owing to the potential for malignancy, below-knee amputation was suggested, but the patient declined and was treated symptomatically with close monitoring. The patient underwent removal of the plates, excision of the distal fourth of the fibula, intralesional curettage of all lesions, and fusion of the ankle and subtalar joints with a retrograde intramedullary nail. After 5.5 years, the patient had recovered well and had no evidence of malignancy. The tumour was considered definitively benign.
A' Department in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, 424 Military General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ilias
I
Bisbinas
Department of Paediatrics, AHEPA General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Zacharoula
Z
Karabouta
A' Department in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, 424 Military General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios
D
Georgiannos
A' Department in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, 424 Military General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vasileios
V
Lampridis
Orthopaedic and Trauma Department, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Athanasios
A
Badekas
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005360:Fibula; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013639:Tarsal Bones; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
hemangioendothelioma, epithelioid; infection; tarsal bones