EWING’S SARCOMA OF THE CALCANEUM - RARE PRESENTATION
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 29
Abstract
CASE PRESENTATION A 11-year-old girl came with painful swelling in region of the heel of foot on the left side for 1 month. Local examination revealed non-mobile, firm swelling of heel with tenderness. The AP & lateral radiograph of the calcaneum showed a well-defined, expansile, osteolytic area with intact cortex & with adjacent soft tissue swelling. No calcification was detected. NCCT – Axial bone window images of both feet showing well defined heterogeneous soft tissue density mass lesion in left calcaneum showing bony expansion with few areas of cortical destruction and adjacent muscle plane edema with subcutaneous fat plane obliteration noted.
Authors and Affiliations
Banda Swathi Reddy, Lavanya M. , Kuchukulla Venkatram Reddy, (Brig. ) Sathyanarayana Moorthy R. , Gaddam Ramakrishna Reddy
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