Gm. Humphrey et al., Extraosseous osteogenic sarcoma - A rare pediatric malignancy: Case reportand review of the literature, J PED SURG, 34(6), 1999, pp. 1025-1028
Background: Osteogenic sarcoma rarely occurs in soft tissues and generally
affects individuals beyond the second decade of life.
Methods: The authors report a rare case of an extra osseous osteogenic sarc
oma arising in the retroperitoneum of an adolescent, review the literature,
and outline the diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas. The role of adjuvant
chemotherapy, using drugs used in managing bony osteosarcomas, is discussed
.
Conclusions: Retroperitoneal sarcomas may simulate ovarian teratomas. Caref
ul consideration of the differential diagnosis of large cystic abdominal ma
sses in adolescent females when size precludes adequate assessment of tumor
mobility and imaging fails to demonstrate the ovaries is essential if thes
e rare tumors are to be managed effectively. J Pediatr Surg 34:1025-1028. C
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