Development of angiosarcoma at the site of a bone infarct.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 34-year-old man presented with angiosarcoma which developed at the site of a preexisting bone infarct in the metaphysis of the right tibia. A malignant bone tumor may develop at the site of bone infarct, and its histologic type is most frequently malignant fibrous histiocytoma or fibrosarcoma. Few patients with osteosarcoma have been reported: only 2 patients who had angiosarcoma that developed in a preexisting bone infarct have been reported in the English literature. Malignant transformation of bone infarct into angiosarcoma is extremely rare.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Neoplasms
- Hemangiosarcoma
- Infarction
- Tibia
Anatomy
- tibia