title: [A solitary metastatic osteosarcoma of the lung with thin walled cavity: report of a case].
abstract: A 13-year-old girl had a history of wide resection of the left fibula under the diagnosis of osteosarcoma three years before. Postoperatively, a thin walled cystic lesion in the right upper lung field, which enlarged gradually with thickening of the wall was found on the chest roentgenogram. The right upper lobectomy was performed after clinical evaluation. The pathologic examination confirmed that the tumor was the metastatic osteosarcoma of the lung. Although metastatic osteosarcoma is common in the lung, very rare cases demonstrate thin walled cavity formation in chest roentgenogram. We reported herein a case of a solitary metastatic osteosarcoma of the lung with thin walled cavity considering with pathogenesis of the lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Fukuoka Center Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saku
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shinohara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D011859:Radiography