BOY'S AMPUTATION AFTER 'FRACTURED KNEE' WAS CANCER

A LITTLE boy who had a suspected knee fracture ended up having his leg amputated after doctors discovered he actually had bone cancer.

- HOWARD LLOYD News Reporter

Corinthian Marchant, nine, had his right left amputated above the knee in December 2024 after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma - bone cancer - last year.

He began complaining of leg pains last summer and started struggling to walk, but it was not until late September 2024 that he got the diagnosis. Doctors initially told his mum, Candice, 35, that he had fractured his knee but later confirmed he had a tumour in his right leg following an MRI.

Corinthian was started on chemo-therapy as an outpatient at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham and the swelling in his leg began to shrink.

But after a two-week break waiting for his next round of chemo, due to a bed shortage, Corinthian's tumour grew and the swelling came back.

Unfortunately, the tumour had also spread into his knee, and doctors at Birmingham Children's Hospital were left with no choice but to amputate his leg above the knee in December.

Corinthian is back at home now and Candice hopes his chemotherapy will be finished by the end of May.

Mum-of-eight Candice, a full-time carer, from Northampton, said: "He's been through a lot, bless him.