Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Regina Maria Private Health Care Network, 400117 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Department of Orthopaedics, Lenval University Children’s Hospital, 06200 Nice, France.
Department of Radiology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Department of Pathology, Oncology Institute Ion Chiricuţă, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Department of Orthopaedics, Regina Margherita Paediatric Hospital, 10126 Torino, Italy.
Abstract Intraosseous lipomas are rare bone lesions that can affect any part of the skeleton. In the calcaneum, they are, generally, asymptomatic, but in some cases, patients may complain of pain, swelling or tenderness. Well-conducted radiography and MRI examinations can lead to an accurate diagnosis. In most cases, patients could benefit from conservative means of treatment, but in long-lasting symptomatic cases, surgical treatment may be a good option. The purpose of this article is to increase clinicians’ awareness of this lesion as a possible cause of heel pain and to describe a case of a symptomatic intraosseous lipoma of the calcaneum who underwent curettage and bone cement filling after failure of conservative treatment.
Citation
Khal, Adyb & Mihu, Razvan & Schiau, Călin & Fetica, Bogdan & Tomoaia, Gheorghe & Vergillos Luna, Manuel. (2021). Symptomatic Intraosseous Lipoma of the Calcaneum. Diagnostics. 11. 2243. 10.3390/diagnostics11122243.
