DOI: 10.36347/sasjs

Pages: 21-24

Chondrosarcomas are rare malignant tumors of the bone that are uncommonly found in the foot. A 38-year-old female patient visited our clinic with the complaints of swelling and pain in his left foot. On plain radiographs, there were lytic areas in metatarsi. Computerized tomography revealed that there were mass lesions in the middle and the forfoot, causing a destructive, aggressive and osteolytic appearance, with invasion of the surrounding soft tissues and the presence of points of calcification in the tumor formation. Histopathological diagnosis was reported as low-grade chondrosarcoma. We applied lisfranc amputation to the patient under general anaesthesia. In a 4-year follow-up, no local or distal recurrence was observed. Distinguishing a chondrosarcoma of the foot from an enchondroma is very difficult and sometimes controversial.