Kapukaya Ahmet, Arslan Hüseyin, Özkul Emin, Mizrak Bülent
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2011;45(3):203-7. doi: 10.3944/AOTT.2011.2179.
Xanthoma or xanthofibroma is a lesion, characterized by foamy histiocytes (xanthoma cell) and is mostly seen in soft tissue. Xanthoma may also occur in in the skeletal system of patients with an abnormal lipid metabolism. We present a 22-year-old man with primary xanthofibroma in the calcaneus, who was treated by curettage and grafting of the lesion.
黄色瘤或黄色纤维瘤是一种以泡沫状组织细胞(黄色瘤细胞)为特征的病变,多见于软组织。黄色瘤也可能发生在脂质代谢异常患者的骨骼系统中。我们报告一例22岁男性,患有跟骨原发性黄色纤维瘤,接受了病变刮除及植骨治疗。