OSTEOSARCOMA AND EWINGS-SARCOMA IN A RETINOBLASTOMA PATIENT

Authors
KAY RM ECKARDT JJ MIRRA JM
Citation
Rm. Kay et al., OSTEOSARCOMA AND EWINGS-SARCOMA IN A RETINOBLASTOMA PATIENT, Clinical orthopaedics and related research, (323), 1996, pp. 284-287
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Clinical orthopaedics and related research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0009921X
Issue
323
Year of publication
1996
Pages
284 - 287
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-921X(1996):323<284:OAEIAR>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Retinoblastoma, though uncommon, frequently is associated with other s econd malignant neoplasms, especially bone sarcomas, These second neop lasms can occur in sporadic cases of retinoblastoma, though they more commonly are associated with genetic forms of the disease, This is the first known report of 2 histologically distinct bone sarcomas in a pa tient with retinoblastoma.