Benign lesions such as Paget's disease of the bone, enchondroma, osteochondromas, chronic osteomyelitis/infections and bone infarcts may rarely undergo malignant degeneration/transformation into sarcomas. To date, only 14 prior bone infarct-associated osteosarcomas have been described, with just two being primarily osteolytic. We discuss a case of a patient with a humeral bone-infarct, who presented with a presumed benign pathological fracture of the humerus through the bone infarct. Subsequent imaging and biopsy showed that there was a malignant degeneration into a primarily osteolytic osteosarcoma. We review the patient's presentation, radiographic and histologic appearance of the osteosarcoma and discuss the epidemiology, surgical and non-surgical treatment and surveillance of bone-infarct-associated osteosarcomas.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6089477 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2777 | DOI Listing |
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