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Colon* ; Colonic Neoplasms* ; Femoral Neuropathy*

Femoral Neoplasms ; pathology ; Humans ; Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms ; pathology

Chondromyxoid fibroma (CMF) is the least common benign cartilaginous tumor, comprising less than 0.5 to 1% of all skeletal neoplasms. This subject was a 16-year-old female with a three-year history of pain involving the distal femoral metaphysis. This case showed an unusual feature: it was intracortical in location. Radiologic differential diagnosis included metaphyseal fibrous defect, periosteal chondroma, simple or aneurysmal bone cyst, and cortical abscess. On operation, the lesion filled the intracortical defect with whitish myxoid soft tissue, bulging into the adjacent soft tissue. Microscopically, it showed typical features of chondromyxoid fibroma composed of mainly myxoid nodules and peripheral fibrous elements with focal chondroid differentiation.
Adolescent ; Case Report ; Chondroblastoma/pathology/*radiography ; Female ; Femoral Neoplasms ; Human

The bisphosphonate is known for its ability to reduce bone loss in osteoporotic and osseous metastatic conditions. The side effects have been reported after long-term bisphosphonate therapy. We report the case of a woman who sustained atypical subtrochanteric femoral fracture while being on zoledronic acid (Zometa(R), Novartis) therapy for more than 4 years.
Breast ; Breast Neoplasms ; Diphosphonates ; Female ; Femoral Fractures ; Humans ; Imidazoles

The bisphosphonate is known for its ability to reduce bone loss in osteoporotic and osseous metastatic conditions. The side effects have been reported after long-term bisphosphonate therapy. We report the case of a woman who sustained atypical subtrochanteric femoral fracture while being on zoledronic acid (Zometa(R), Novartis) therapy for more than 4 years.
Breast ; Breast Neoplasms ; Diphosphonates ; Female ; Femoral Fractures ; Humans ; Imidazoles

We report on the case of a 50-year-old woman with exsanguinating haemorrhage from the common femoral artery as a complication of recurrent vulvar cancer in the groin which was managed successfully with combined open surgical and endovascular intervention. She survived another three months and died from progressive disease without further episodes of bleeding. This complication is rare, presents dramatically, and is usually a terminal event. For those cases where intervention is considered appropriate, the option of combined open surgical and endovascular repair should be kept in mind.
Female ; Femoral Artery ; Groin ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Vulvar Neoplasms

Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma (MIFS) is a rare low-grade, malignant soft tissue tumor that is usually observed in the extremities of adult patients. Magnetic resonance imaging findings for this tumor type have rarely been reported. We report a case involving the distal left femur of a middle-aged man and tumoral invasion of the bone, which, to our knowledge, has been previously described only once. He was treated with distal femoral tumor resection and reconstruction with a modular prosthesis. Histopathologic diagnosis confirmed MIFS. We reviewed literature of the diagnostic imaging and bone invasion findings associated with this tumor type.
Femoral Neoplasms ; pathology ; Fibrosarcoma ; pathology ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Middle Aged

Adult ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; adverse effects ; Female ; Femoral Neoplasms ; pathology ; Giant Cell Tumor of Bone ; pathology ; Humans

A case of osteosarcoma in a 14 month old girl is reported. The child presented with a history of difficulty in standing for 2 months and x-rays revealed an osteolytic lesion in the upper third of the femur associated with widening of bone and periosteal reaction. Osteosarcoma was diagnosed by biopsy. Treatment was refused and the child died 13 weeks later. Only one other case of osteosarcoma in a child as young as 14 months has been reported. A review of literature showed 22 cases of osteosarcoma in children aged 5 years or younger.
Age Factors ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Femoral Neoplasms ; pathology ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Osteosarcoma ; pathology

We describe a patient with an unusual cause of the occlusions of both femoral arteries by myxomas. A 41-year-old man presented with sudden onset of both leg pain and paresthesia. His hematological and cardiological status was normal. Lower peripheral angiography was performed and demonstrated thrombotic occlusion, both common femoral artery and superficial femoral and proximal portion of deep femoral artery. He was successfully treated with surgical and forgaty catheter extraction. Histologic finding was myxoma probably from cardiac origin. Cardiac investigations to determine the source of the myxoma, including 2-D echocardiography and Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) of the heart, failed to demonstrate residual myxoma in heart. No residual tumor or potential source of the tumor was found. The cause of both leg pain was the occlusions of the both common femoral arteries by myxomas. An entire cardiac tumor might have embolized with no detectable residual tumor in the heart; alternatively a myxoma might have originated as a primary tumor in the femoral artery.
Adult ; Angiography ; Catheters ; Echocardiography ; Femoral Artery* ; Heart ; Heart Neoplasms ; Humans ; Leg ; Myxoma* ; Neoplasm, Residual ; Paresthesia