Cervical spinal osteosarcoma in an adolescent.
Primary cervical spine osteosarcoma is rare and is considered to have a poor prognosis. We describe an adolescent patient suffering from primary cervical spine osteosarcoma with delayed diagnosis. Nineteen months deficit and symptom-free survival was achieved after an aggressive multi-modality treatment comprising surgery and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories East, Hong Kong.
K Y
KY
Chan
T F
TF
Sun
K M
KM
Kam
M K
MK
Shing
W S
WS
Poon
D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery