Bone Cancer Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Bone Cancer, including details on symptoms, types, treatment.

Inferior vena cava extension of pelvic osteogenic sarcoma.

Arkader A, Morris CD

Children's Orthopaedic Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA. aarkader@chla.usc.edu

The prevalence of intravascular extension of bone sarcomas of the pelvis is unknown. We report a case of intravascular extension of an osteogenic sarcoma of the pelvis into the vena cava, correlating the pre-operative imaging findings with the intra-operative findings and specimen analysis. A brief review of the literature is provided.

Published 29 January 2008 in Cancer Imaging, 8: 6-7.
Full-text of this article is available online (may require subscription).

© 2004-2008 Bone Cancer Research Today. All Rights Reserved.