Ewing's sarcoma of the calcaneus with metastases to the tibia and fibula.

نویسندگان

  • Nitin Agarwal
  • Aamir Bin Sabir
چکیده

Ewing's Sarcoma of the calcaneus has been infrequently reported in literature. Metastases to the adjoining tibia and fibula have been reported even more rarely. We report a patient who, at the time of presentation, showed gross destruction of the calcaneus and metastases to the ipsilateral tibia and fibula.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta orthopaedica Belgica

دوره 74 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008