title: Chondrosarcoma presenting with pulmonary embolism in a 9-year-old girl: a case report.
abstract: Chondrosarcoma is a malignant bone tumour common in adults, third to myeloma and osteosarcoma, but is exceptionally rare in children. Here we discuss a 9-year-old girl presenting with occlusive right pulmonary artery neoplastic embolus, resulting from a primary right proximal humerus chondrosarcoma. To the best of our knowledge, this the first pediatric and only second overall case reported in the United States of a neoplastic pulmonary embolus resulting from a primary chondrosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Pediatrics,Children's Healthcare of Mississippi,University of Mississippi Medical Center,Jackson,Mississippi,United States of America.
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pinder
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Surgery,Division of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery,Children's Healthcare of Mississippi,University of Mississippi Medical Center,Jackson,Mississippi,United States of America.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dibardino
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Pediatrics,Division of Hematology and Oncology,Children's Healthcare of Mississippi,University of Mississippi Medical Center,Jackson,Mississippi,United States of America.
authors.forename: Anderson B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.affiliation: 4Department of Pediatrics,Division of Critical Care,Children's Heart Center,Children's Healthcare of Mississippi,University of Mississippi Medical Center,Jackson,Mississippi,United States of America.
authors.forename: Jarrod D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Knudson
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: pulmonary embolus