Key result
A 25-year-old man with renal metastatic osteosarcoma was managed with chemotherapy, representing only the sixteenth such case reported in the English literature.
Case Report (n=1)
Renal involvement in osteosarcoma is a rare but significant occurrence that requires multidisciplinary treatment.
Adds rare renal osteosarcoma metastasis case; leaves optimal management open for further reports.
This paper discusses a rare case of renal metastatic osteosarcoma. A 25-year-old man with a history of metastatic osteosarcoma involving his right kidney was referred to our institution for treatment. He was managed with chemotherapy. An exhaustive review of the English literature pertaining to this disease was performed. To our knowledge, this case represents only the sixteenth. The literature suggests that the incidence of renal involvement in osteosarcoma is significant and that the treatment should be multidisciplinary in such patients.
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Akasbi et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Renal metastatic osteosarcoma (n=1). Chemotherapy was evaluated. A 25-year-old man with renal metastatic osteosarcoma was managed with chemotherapy, representing only the sixteenth such case reported in the English literature.
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