Intestinal leiomyosarcoma following treatment of osteosarcoma in a teenage girl

Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1989;6(4):341-8. doi: 10.3109/08880018909034305.

Abstract

A teenage girl is described who had an osteogenic sarcoma of the tibia at 11 years of age, a pulmonary metastasis at 13 years, and an intestinal leiomyosarcoma at 15 years. She remains well at the age of 18 years. Leiomyosarcoma is extremely rare in children either as a primary or secondary tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Leiomyosarcoma / etiology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / etiology
  • Osteosarcoma / complications
  • Osteosarcoma / therapy*