Development of angiosarcoma at the site of a bone infarct

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1996 Jun:(327):259-63. doi: 10.1097/00003086-199606000-00032.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / complications
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Hemangiosarcoma / complications
  • Hemangiosarcoma / pathology*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infarction / complications*
  • Male
  • Tibia / blood supply*