Total calcaneal allograft reconstruction of an Ewing's sarcoma in a child: Outcome and review of the literature

Abstract

Background: Ewing's sarcoma rarely presents in bones of the feet. Surgical management usually includes amputation. Limb sparing surgery is anecdotal.

Case: We report the case of a 13-year-old boy with an Ewing sarcoma in his calcaneus who had a calcaneal reconstruction with total calcaneus allograft after induction chemotherapy.

Conclusions: At 42 months of follow-up our patient remains disease free and functionally intact. A review of the exceptional limb salvage procedure options for malignant calcaneus tumor was performed.

Keywords: Ewing's sarcoma; limb salvage surgery; allograft; calcaneus; tumor.