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.
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, India.
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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