An unusual case of adamantinoma of long bones.
Adamantinoma of the tibia is a rare bone lesion, in which it is impossible to predict the biological behaviour. A case of extremely late local recurrence and lung metastasis is presented. Additionally, the patient developed pneumothorax on the right side months before intrapulmonary metastasis could be detected by X ray. Finally 1 week before her death the young woman suffered from paraneoplastic severe hypercalcemia leading to hypercalcemic coma and pancreatitis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D013977:Tibia / Q000473:pathology