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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 1983
Case ReportsRadiation induced osteosarcoma of the sacrum following radiation of an undiagnosed bone lesion.
- R Scheiden and W Oberthaler.
- Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 1983 Jan 1; 102 (2): 128-30.
AbstractYears ago a 20-year-old patient presented with low back pain. Radiologically a cystic lesion of the sacrum was found and interpreted as malignant tumor. Without biopsy and histological diagnosis the patient was given radiation therapy with 21 000 rad. One year later a similar lesion was radiated in the left femoral neck. A pathological fracture ensued recessitating several operations. Twenty years after initial radiation therapy the patient developed a rapidly growing tumor of the sacrum, metastasizing to the lungs. One year later he died.
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