Leuprorelin acetate is a common anticancer medication used for prostate cancer treatment. One of the local adverse reactions after leuprorelin injection is the development of reactive granulomas, typically presenting as subcutaneous nodules. In this case report, we describe a 73-year-old patient with prostate cancer who developed unusually large sized intramuscular reactive granulomas, which mimicked malignant soft tissue tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOsteosarcoma arises most frequently in the metaphysis around the knee and its management by limb salvage surgery in skeletally immature pediatric patients is extremely challenging. Common reconstructive methods such as endoprosthetic or biological reconstruction are not fully capable of dealing with durability-related and growth-related problems and their functional outcomes are not as good as those seen in adult cases. A definitive limb salvaging procedure in children that outperforms amputation or rotationplasty has not yet been established.
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