Forefoot plantar multilobular noninfiltrating angiolipoma: a case report and review of the literature

doi:10.1186/1477-7819-6-11

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

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Case report

Forefoot plantar multilobular noninfiltrating angiolipoma: a case report and review of the literature

Theodoros B Grivas¹ , Olga D Savvidou¹ , Spyridon A Psarakis¹ , Georgia Liapi² , George Triantafyllopoulos¹ , Ioannis Kovanis¹ , Panagiotis Alexandropoulos¹ and Vasiliki Katsiva²

¹Orthopaedic and Pathology department, "Thriasio" General Hospital, G. Gennimata Avenue, Magula, 19600 Greece

²Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Nikea-Pireus, Greece

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World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008, 6:11doi:10.1186/1477-7819-6-11


Published:	30 January 2008

Abstract

Background

Soft tissue tumors of the feet are uncommon and there have been very few reports of large series in the literature. These tumors continue to present the clinician with one of the most difficult problems in medicine.

Case presentation

We present a case of a large multilobular noninfiltrating angiolipoma at the plantar surface of the forefoot. Only three cases occurring at the foot have been previously described. We report this new case due to unusual location of the tumor, the long duration (25 years) of its existence and the unique surgical approach for the tumor excision.

Conclusion

Surgical excision is the treatment of choice and adjuvant radiotherapy is indicated in select cases.