ABSTRACT
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................61 Unicameral Bone Cyst .....................................................................................................................63 Aneurysmal Bone Cyst ....................................................................................................................63 Intraosseous Ganglion......................................................................................................................64 Intraosseous Lipoma ........................................................................................................................69 Giant Cell Tumor .............................................................................................................................69 Enchondroma ...................................................................................................................................74 Osteochondroma...............................................................................................................................74 Chondroblastoma .............................................................................................................................80 Osteoid Osteoma ..............................................................................................................................83 Osteoblastoma ..................................................................................................................................88 Chondrosarcoma...............................................................................................................................88 Osteosarcoma ...................................................................................................................................88 Ewing’s Sarcoma..............................................................................................................................88 Metastatic Disease............................................................................................................................91 Summary ..........................................................................................................................................94 References ........................................................................................................................................95
Osseous tumors and tumor-like conditions of the ankle and foot are uncommon. Primary and secondary malignant neoplasms are especially rare. Benign lesions, particularly nonneoplastic tumor-like conditions such as simple and aneurysmal bone cysts, greatly outnumber true neoplasms, both benign and malignant.1-3
