Abdominal pain in a patient with osteosarcoma.
Abdominal pain often occurs in patients receiving chemotherapy. The authors describe a patient with osteosarcoma who developed severe right-sided abdominal discomfort several days after being admitted for fever, neutropenia, and mucositis. Unexpectedly, the patient's pain was not therapy-related, but rather was caused by a midline pelvic mass.
Jubinsky
Paul T
PT
Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. pjubinsk@aecom.yu.edu
Pullman
James
J
Blitman
Netta
N
Tesher
Melissa
M
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D052016:Mucositis / Q000139:chemically induced; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D013724:Teratoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D004317:Doxorubicin