Publikation

Epithelioid sarcoma of the plantar fascia mimicking Morbus Ledderhose - A severe pitfall for clinical and histopathological misinterpretation

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 05.04.2017

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Toepfer A, Harrasser N, Dreyer F, Mogler C, Walther M, von Eisenhart-Rothe R. Epithelioid sarcoma of the plantar fascia mimicking Morbus Ledderhose - A severe pitfall for clinical and histopathological misinterpretation. Foot Ankle Surg 2017; 23:e25-e30.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
Foot Ankle Surg 2017; 23
Veröffentlichungsdatum
05.04.2017
eISSN (Online)
1460-9584
Seiten
e25-e30
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

Plantar fibromatosis, also known as Morbus Ledderhose, is a well known and frequently encountered disorder of the planta pedis. When conservative treatment fails, surgical therapy with complete resection is the therapeutical procedure of choice. Soft tissue sarcoma is a heterogeneous and rare malignant disease of the musculoskeletal system with over 50 histopathological subtypes which can potentially arise in any localization but is most commonly found at the extremities. Here, we report the case of an epithelioid sarcoma of the sole of the foot which was initially and repeatedly clinically and histopathologically misinterpreted as plantar fibromatosis, receiving insufficient resection and subsequently ending in amputation of the lower leg.