Giant cell tumor accounts for approximately 6% of all bone tumors and above 20% cases of benign bone tumors. It typically involves the long bones in young adults with slight female preponderance. Its location at the distal phalanx of a toe is rather unusual. We report a rare case of giant cell tumor arising in the distal phalanx of the second toe in a 42-year-old female who presented with complains of pain and swelling of the second right toe. The tumor showed highly aggressive behavior with ulceration of skin necrosis and the radiography showed an expansile lesion in the distal phalanx. The patient underwent radical excision five months after diagnosis.
Knee dislocation is a translocation of the tibia with respect to the femur following a violent trauma. It can be complicated by serious vasculo-nervous lesions, of which the paralysis of the sciatic nerve poplite external remains infrequent. This is the case of our patient who presented six months ago a traumatic dislocation of the left knee reduced in urgency, And which was complicated by a complete neurological deficit of the SPE nerve, confirmed by electromyogram (EMG). Palliative surgery was indicated and was aimed at improving functional prognosis, using tendon transfer to resuscitate the dorsal flexion of the foot.
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