Table 1.
Diagnoses of patients treated with distal femoral endoprostheses
| Diagnostic group | Diagnosis | Number of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sarcomas (58.1%) | Osteosarcoma | 42 |
| Chondrosarcoma | 5 | |
| Malignant fibrous histiocytoma | 3 | |
| Fibrosarcoma | 2 | |
| Pleomorphic sarcoma | 1 | |
| Spindle cell sarcoma | 1 | |
| Benign aggressive tumor of bone (20.4%) | Giant cell | 19 |
| Hematologic malignancies (3.2%) | Lymphoma | 2 |
| Plasmacytoma | 1 | |
| Metastatic cancers (10.8%) | Breast carcinoma | 2 |
| Lung carcinoma | 1 | |
| Poorly differentiated carcinoma | 3 | |
| Renal cell carcinoma | 1 | |
| Colona carcinoma | 1 | |
| Metastatic hemangiopericytoma | 1 | |
| Melanoma | 1 | |
| Nononcologic disease (7.5%) | Fracture | 1 |
| Osteoarthritis | 1 | |
| Revision/hardware failure | 5 |