Table 4.
Malignant calcaneal lesions
| Case number | Presented (year) | Histological diagnosis (Background Disease) |
Spectrum | Sex/age (years) | Treatment | Radiotherapy/chemotherapy | Metastasis | Death resulting from disease | Survival/followup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1974 | CS | Low Grade | M/17 | ILC then BKA | Non | Non | Uncertain | 8 years |
| 2 | 2000 | CS | Low Grade | M/41 | ILC, HSB, PC | Non | Non | No | 10 years |
| 3 | 2002 | CS (Maffucci’s) | Low Grade | F/43 | ILC, PC then BKA | Non | Non | No | 5 years |
| 4 | 2003 | CS | Low Grade | M/19 | WLE | Non | Non | No | 1 year |
| 5 | 2008 | CS | Low Grade | M/67 | BKA | Non | Non | Uncertain | 18 months |
| 6 | 1975 | ES | High Grade | M/32 | BKA | Both | Pulmonary, Spine | Yes | 1 year |
| 7 | 1978 | ES | High Grade | M/17 | BKA | Radiotherapy | Pulmonary | Yes | 6 years |
| 8 | 1987 | OS | High Grade | F/21 | ILC then BKA | Non | Non | Alive | 20 years |
| 9 | 1989 | OS | High Grade | F/14 | BKA, Thoracotomy | Chemotherapy | Pulmonary | Yes | 9 years |
| 10 | 1989 | OS | High Grade | M/75 | BKA | Non | Pulmonary | Yes | 2 years |
| 11 | 1999 | OS | High Grade | M/20 | BKA | Chemotherapy | Non | Alive | 10 years |
| 12 | 1965 | OS (Paget’s) | High Grade | M/78 | Non | Non | Pulmonary, Tibia | Yes | 6 weeks |
| 13 | 1984 | OS (Paget’s) | High Grade | F/68 | BKA | Non | Non | No | 5 years |
CS = chondrosarcoma; ES = Ewing’s sarcoma; OS = osteosarcoma; M = male; F = female; ILC = intralesional curettage; HSB = high-speed burr; PC = polymethylmethacrylate cementoplasty; WLE = wide local excision; BKA = below-knee amputation