M: Chondrosarcoma of the foot skeleton

The fit-st case of chondt-osam’coma of the foot ms-as reported i)y Schreiner and Wcimt- am 193:3. Sitmcc then a total of tms-clvc cases has beetm documented. Irm viemv of its ram-c occum-memice 11, mvc ms’ere prompted to report two additiommal cases and to review the ctmtit-c litet-ature. It should be emphasized that this tumom- has a better prognosis iti time foot thami iti time axial skeietotm. 1mmadditiotm, tm-eatnmcmmt camm ofteti be cam-ned out successfully by local resection. Clinical and Pathological Material Aftct- rejecting all doubtful cases, there remaitmed for evaluatiomi tss’o mvell docu-nmetitcd imistammces of chotmdrosarcon’ia imm time foot. In time emmtire skeleton, our files simowed fom-ty-mmimme chondrosarcomata ammd sevemmty-nitme emmchondt-omata. Six of the encimommdm-omata (7.7 per cent) mvere located immtime i)otmcs of the feet, five imi the simort tubulam- bones and omme immthe calcammeus. Case Reports CASE 1. A nilmeteen-year-old boy had a painless enlargement of time right middle toe for eighteen fllOlitims. Six nmolmtims before time onset of the smvellimmg, time foot had i)eelm iimjured during a footbal