A rare case report – osteosarcoma of the calcaneus

D. B. Khestanov; Хестанов Д. Б.; A. Z. Dzampaev; Дзампаев А. З.; V. A. Sobolevsky; Соболевский В. А.; A. P. Nikolaev; Николаев А. П.; M. D. Aliev; Алиев М. Д.

A rare case report – osteosarcoma of the calcaneus

Authors: Khestanov D.B.¹, Dzampaev A.Z.¹, Sobolevsky V.A.¹, Nikolaev A.P.¹, Aliev M.D.¹
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1. FGBNU N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center
Issue: Vol 6, No 2 (2014)
Pages: 53-56
Section: REAL CLINICAL CASES
Published: 26.06.2014
URL: https://sarbon.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/471
ID: 471

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This article is devoted to the clinical case of patient with osteosarcoma of calcaneus, a rare localization. Osteosarcoma is high-grade tumor of skeleton and compose 6% of all bones tumors and bone dysplasia, 62% of malignant tumors of bones and 18% of all malignancies in children. Approximately 80% of the metastases are localized in the lungs, metastasis only in the bones, or both in bones and lungs observed in 20% of patients. Patient underwent neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy and surgery – extirpation of the right calcaneus with the replacement of the defect with thoracodorsal flap.