Oral metastasis of telangiectatic osteosarcoma.
Metastases of osteosarcoma in the mouth are rare, and only few cases have been described. We present a case of telangiectatic osteosarcoma of the femur in a 15-year-old girl, who developed metastases in the humerus, lungs and retromolar area 4 years after initial diagnosis and treatment. The girl died 2 months after the diagnosis of metastases despite treatment with chemotherapy. This report emphasizes that telangiectatic osteosarcoma has a very poor prognosis, particularly when multiple metastases develop.
Alves
F A
FA
Hemocentro, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. alvesfa@unicamp.br
Lopes
M A
MA
Ikeda
M K
MK
Kowalski
L P
LP
Almeida
O P
OP
D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000556:secondary*