Parosteal osteosarcoma with myocardial metastasis 13 years after follow-up

PURPOSE: To report the case of a woman with a diagnosis of grade II (low grade) parosteal osteosarcoma with the occurrence of myocardial metastasis 13 years after resection, and to present a review of the existing literature on the subject. METHODS: Description of the case and review of the literatu...

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Main Author: Santos-Machado,Telma M. (author)
Other Authors: Oliveira,Cláudia R. Mendes (author), Croci,Alberto T. (author), Fernandes,Ângelo (author), Abadi,Márcia Datz (author), Baptista,André Mathias (author), Camargo,Olavo Pires de (author)
Format: report
Language:eng
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Parosteal
Osteosarcoma
Heart
Myocardial
Metastasis
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0041-87812003000200010
Country:Brazil
Oai:oai:scielo:S0041-87812003000200010
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Summary:PURPOSE: To report the case of a woman with a diagnosis of grade II (low grade) parosteal osteosarcoma with the occurrence of myocardial metastasis 13 years after resection, and to present a review of the existing literature on the subject. METHODS: Description of the case and review of the literature. CONCLUSION: The review leads to the conclusion that the occurrence of metastasis from parosteal osteosarcoma can occur in up to 38% of the cases, in spite of its relatively low aggressiveness. However, myocardial metastasis of a parosteal osteosarcoma is an event that was not found in the literature.

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