Osteosarcoma of the rib.
Primary osteosarcomas arising from the rib are very rare. The authors report an 11-year-old boy with a primary fibroblastic osteosarcoma of the rib, who underwent wide excision and reconstruction of the chest wall followed by chemotherapy. He is disease free after a follow up of 24 months. The relevant literature is reviewed briefly.
Chattopadhyay
Anindya
A
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India. achattopadhyay@yahoo.com
Nagendhar
Yoga
Y
Kumar
Vijay
V
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed