Extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the breast in an adolescent girl

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 Aug;34(6):e261-3. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31823366b4.

Abstract

Extraskeletal osteosarcoma (ESOS) is a rare malignancy, usually arising in older adults. We were unable to find reports of children or adolescents affected by an ESOS of the breast. Here, we present the case of a high-grade osteosarcoma arising in the breast of a 16-year-old girl. The tumor was treated with breast-conserving resections and adjuvant multiagent chemotherapy, based on a regimen of doxorubicin, high-dose methotrexate, cisplatin, and ifosfamide. At last follow-up, the patient was in first complete remission, 29 months after initial diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bone Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Chondroblastoma / drug therapy
  • Chondroblastoma / secondary*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ifosfamide / administration & dosage
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Osteosarcoma / drug therapy
  • Osteosarcoma / secondary*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Doxorubicin
  • Cisplatin
  • Ifosfamide
  • Methotrexate