OSTEOSARCOMA WITH MULTIPLE SKELETAL METASTASES - A CASE OF NONSTOCHASTIC METASTASIS

Authors
SHINOZAKI T CHIGIRA M WATANABE H KANEKO K
Citation
T. Shinozaki et al., OSTEOSARCOMA WITH MULTIPLE SKELETAL METASTASES - A CASE OF NONSTOCHASTIC METASTASIS, Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery, 112(6), 1993, pp. 292-295
Citations number
31
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Note
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0936-8051
Volume
112
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
292 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0936-8051(1993)112:6<292:OWMSM->2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Osteosarcoma of the thoracic spine developed in a 15-year-old Japanese boy, After his first admission with paralysis, multiple skeletal meta stases were demonstrated in the absence of pulmonary metastasis. This rare condition may possibly be considered as a unicentric osteosarcoma with bone metastases, since there were no precursor lesions or histor y of exposure to radioactive materials or chemical agents. These multi ple lesions may be an example of so-called ''organ-specific metastasis ,'' although this ''nonstochastic'' process is rare.