Osteosarcoma following a fractured shaft of femur. A case report.
A boy, aged 14 years, sustained a fracture of the midshaft of the femur. This was treated conservatively and healed in 13 weeks. One year later an osteosarcoma developed at the site of the healed fracture.
Rao
P T
PT
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, India.
Pradhan
N K
NK
Acharya
S
S
D000293:Adolescent; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography