Three Metachronous Osteosarcomas within 22 Years without Pulmonary Metastases: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Introduction. We present the extremely rare case of a patient with three metachronous osteosarcomas within 22 years without evident pulmonary manifestation of disease 30 years after first diagnosis. Case Presentation. In 1983, a high-grade osteosarcoma of the left distal femur was diagnosed in an 18...

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Main Authors: Ulrike Michaela Pirker-Frühauf, Jörg Friesenbichler, Katharina Rabitsch, Bernadette Liegl-Atzwanger, Thomas Bauernhofer, Reinhard Windhager, Andreas Leithner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/197287