Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech. 2011; 78(5):463-467 | DOI: 10.55095/achot2011/072

Solitary Distal Femoral Osteosarcoma in 89-year-old woman. Case reportCase report

J. DRÍMAL1,*, K. ADAMICOVÁ1, L. NEČAS2
1 Ortopedicko-traumatologická klinika JLF UK a UNM v Martine
2 Ústav patologickej anatómie JLF UK a UNM v Martine

The authors describe the case of an 89-year-old patient with a one-month history of pain in the right knee and a pathological fracture of the distal femur. Excisional biopsy showed a classical osteogenic sarcoma. The patient died after six months of palliative surgical and oncological therapy; her primary disease generalised and progressed with numerous metastases. The authors discuss the possibilities of histological diagnostics of osteogenic sarcoma and its differential diagnosis. They draw attention to a possible occurrence of this type of sarcoma also in elderly patients, and not only in adolescents.

Keywords: osteogenic sarcoma

Published: October 1, 2011  Show citation

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DRÍMAL J, ADAMICOVÁ K, NEČAS L. Solitary Distal Femoral Osteosarcoma in 89-year-old woman. Case report. Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech. 2011;78(5):463-467. doi: 10.55095/achot2011/072. PubMed PMID: 22094163.
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