Multifocal osteosarcoma as second tumor after childhood retinoblastoma

Skeletal Radiol. 1999 Jul;28(7):415-21. doi: 10.1007/s002560050540.

Abstract

We present a case of multifocal osteosarcoma (MFOS) arising 11.5 years after successful treatment of bilateral retinoblastoma. The clinical, imaging and pathological findings at onset, after therapy, and during follow-up are described. Fluorescent in situ hybridization did not reveal a deletion of the RB-1 retinoblastoma gene, although the presence of an inactivating mutation invisible to this method cannot be ruled out. The MFOS may have been a second multifocal tumor associated with the original retinoblastoma or a post-irradiation sarcoma with extensive metastases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Bone Neoplasms / etiology
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / diagnosis*
  • Osteosarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Osteosarcoma / etiology
  • Radiography
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Retinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Retinoblastoma / radiotherapy*