Bilateral internal hemipelvectomy for osteosarcoma in a pediatric patient previously treated for rhabdomyosarcoma.
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res
; 101(3): 395-7, 2015 May.
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| ID: mdl-25817906
ABSTRACT
The surgical treatment of malignant bone tumors involving the pelvis represents a great challenge in terms of local control. Internal hemipelvectomy is a major surgical procedure that involves the resection of the entire hemipelvis or of a portion of the hemipelvis with preservation of the ipsilateral extremity. The need for a bilateral internal hemipelvectomy is an extraordinary situation. We describe the case of an 11-year-old girl with a primary diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder at the age of two years who subsequently developed a right pelvis osteosarcoma at the age of six years and a left pelvis osteosarcoma at the age of nine years. She ultimately underwent sequential bilateral internal hemipelvectomies and she postoperatively ambulates without an assist device.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pelvic Bones
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Bone Neoplasms
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Osteosarcoma
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Neoplasms, Second Primary
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Hemipelvectomy
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article