Primary osteosarcoma of metatarsal bone.
Primary osteosarcomas of the short tubular bones of hands and feet are rare. We describe a 46-year-old woman with osteosarcoma of the left metatarsal bone with pulmonary metastases. This is the first reported case of osteosarcoma at this site.
Gangadharan
V P
VP
Division of Medical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, India.
Ramachandran
K
K
Elizabath
S K
SK
Preetha
S
S
Chithrathara
K
K
Elizabath
K A
KA
D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008682:Metatarsal Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed