Chordoma of the lumbar spine-A potential diagnosis not to be forgotten!

Chordoma is a rare, malignant neoplasm thought to develop from the notochord. It most commonly occurs in the base of the cranium or the sacro-coccygeal region but around 15%-20% affect the vertebral body. Extra-lesional resection with or without adjuvant radiotherapy is generally accepted as the mainstay of treatment for this slow-growing tumor.

Alkaptunuria; a case report.

Introduction And Importance: Alkaptonuria is an autosomal recessive disease due to lack of the enzyme homogentisic acid oxidase. Homogentisic Acid (HA) is in the metabolism pathway of phenylalanine. The musculoskeletal symptomatology begins generally in the fourth decade.

The lipoma-like hibernoma: A case report of a rare entity.

Hibernoma is a rare tumor developing from fat cells. It is a slowly evolving, benign tumor that is rarely pain-inducing. The most frequently encountered histological form is the typical hibernoma.

Case Report: Synchronous bilateral lipoma arborescens of the bicipitoradial bursa.

: Lipoma arborescens (LA) is an infrequent benign tumor made of mature sub-synovial fatty cell proliferation that may arise into the synovial joint, the bursae or the tendon sheaths. This condition affects mainly the knee joint, but the bicipitoradial bursa is an exceptional location. We report herein a case of a synchronous bilateral (LA) of the bicipitoradial bursa.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the hallux: A case report with review of the literature.

Introduction And Importance: Darier-Ferrand dermatofibrosarcoma (DFS) is a rare mesenchymal tumor with an aggressive local behavior, high local recurrence frequency and low metastatic potential. It commonly presents as a raised slowly growing mass. It usually occurs on trunk and proximal extremities but rarely touches distal extremities such as hands, fingers, or foot below knees.