Key result
Chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the right humerus presented with a rare right frontal lobe metastasis and small pulmonary lesions in a 10-year-old girl.
Highlights a rare presentation of osteosarcoma with brain metastasis in a pediatric patient.
Alerts clinicians to atypical CNS spread in pediatric osteosarcoma; leaves open incidence and surveillance needs.
Osteosarcomas are the most common malignant primary bone tumors in children and adolescents. Brain metastases of osteosarcoma are very rare and carry a dismal prognosis. We report a case of chondroblastic osteosarcoma of right humerus presented with right frontal lobe metastasis in a 10-year-old girl with small pulmonary lesions.
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Rabah et al. (2013) studied this question. Chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the right humerus presented with a rare right frontal lobe metastasis and small pulmonary lesions in a 10-year-old girl.
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