Osteosarcoma of fibula: A rare case report of two patients

Gopinath Bandari, Ashwin Kumar AH, I.V. Reddy, Nithin Krishna VP, S. Venkat Raman

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Gopinath Bandari^1,*, Ashwin Kumar AH¹, I.V. Reddy¹, Nithin Krishna VP¹ and S. Venkat Raman²

¹Department of Orthopaedics, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Secunderabad

²Kamineni Institute of medical sciences,Narketpally, Nalgonda

*Corresponding author:Dr. Gopinath Bandari, Department of Orthopaedics, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India. Email: gopinath.bandari@gmail.com

Received 9 December 2015; Revised 29 February 2016; Accepted 8 March 2016; Published 16 March 2016

Citation:Bandari G, Ashwinkumar AH, Reddy IV, Krishna VPN, Raman SV. Osteosarcoma of fibula: A rare case report of two patients. J Med Sci Res. 2016; 4(2):87-89. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2016/4-021

Copyright: © 2016 Bandari G, et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Centre. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Osteosarcoma of proximal fibula is a very rare presentation. Two patients with osteosarcoma of proximal fibula and their management are reported here. Appropriate surgery combined with chemotherapy -neo adjuvant and post-operative have given a good out come with a possibility for long time survival of the unfortunate victims.

Keywords: osteosarcoma; fibula; malignant bone tumour