Key result
Extraskeletal osteosarcoma treated with excision and chemotherapy progresses to fatal pulmonary metastasis within 2 years.
Why the study?
Extraskeletal osteosarcoma is a very uncommon neoplasm with limited clinical and radiological characterization compared to primary bone osteosarcoma.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights the clinical and radiological features of a rare case of extraskeletal osteosarcoma.
We report an instructive case of extraskeletal osteosarcoma in a 63-year-old African American male who presented after an episode of recent trauma, with clinical and radiological features characteristic of this neoplasm. Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumor of bone in young adults, but the extraskeletal variety is very uncommon. The radiological and pathological features of this neoplasm will be discussed, along with a review of the literature.
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Hoch et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Extraskeletal osteosarcoma (n=1). Wide local excision and chemotherapy was evaluated on Survival. A 63-year-old male with extraskeletal osteosarcoma treated with wide local excision and chemotherapy developed pulmonary metastasis and died within 2 years of diagnosis.
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