Primary osteosarcoma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature.
Primary osteosarcoma of the lung is exceedingly rare. A 72-year-old man was admitted to our hospital; a primary osteosarcoma of the lung was diagnosed following computed tomography-guided needle biopsy. He died of rapidly progressing respiratory insufficiency without effective treatment seven months after the onset of symptoms. Macroscopic findings at autopsy showed typical histologic features of osteosarcoma without any bony lesion. Here we present a rare case and review the clinicopathological features of 20 previously reported cases.
Niimi
Rui
R
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Faculty of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie 514-8507, Japan.
Matsumine
Akihiko
A
Kusuzaki
Katsuyuki
K
Inada
Yasuhiro
Y
Kato
Yuya
Y
Maeda
Masayuki
M
Uchida
Atsumasa
A
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*