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A woman with heel pain and a calcaneal tumor

Enviado por henry el Vie, 07/10/2009 - 11:09.
Case Identification
Case ID Number: 
20090710NP
Periosteal Reaction: 
absent
Benign/Malignant: 
unknown
Clinical case information
Case presentation: 

A 31 year old woman who is overweight, with heel pain, ankle pain, flat feet, and a tumor is presented. She is seeking surgical correction of her flat foot deformity on the side with the tumor.

Radiological findings:: 
She has failed orthotics, injections, and physical therapy. A bone lesion is shown in the MRI images. The plain xrays are normal.
Treatment Options:: 
What needs to be done about this lesion? Can surgical treatment of the flatfoot deformity proceed, including osteotomy of the calcaneus, and use of screws to fix the osteotomy?
Image Reference: 
A woman with heel pain and a calcaneal tumor
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