Primary osteosarcoma of the uterus with cardiac and pulmonary metastases

• This is the first reported case describing a female with primary uterine osteosarcoma that exhibited cardiac and pulmonary metastases. • Although extremely rare, uterine osteosarcomas, like leiomyosarcomas, do respond to doxorubicin and ifosfamide. • Uterine osteosarcoma behaves aggressively and i...

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Autores principales: Abraham, Cynthia, O'Cearbhaill, Roisin, Soslow, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26076083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2014.07.002
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description • This is the first reported case describing a female with primary uterine osteosarcoma that exhibited cardiac and pulmonary metastases. • Although extremely rare, uterine osteosarcomas, like leiomyosarcomas, do respond to doxorubicin and ifosfamide. • Uterine osteosarcoma behaves aggressively and is associated with a poor prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-44341572015-06-05 Primary osteosarcoma of the uterus with cardiac and pulmonary metastases Abraham, Cynthia O'Cearbhaill, Roisin Soslow, Robert Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • This is the first reported case describing a female with primary uterine osteosarcoma that exhibited cardiac and pulmonary metastases. • Although extremely rare, uterine osteosarcomas, like leiomyosarcomas, do respond to doxorubicin and ifosfamide. • Uterine osteosarcoma behaves aggressively and is associated with a poor prognosis. Elsevier 2014-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4434157/ /pubmed/26076083 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2014.07.002 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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title_short Primary osteosarcoma of the uterus with cardiac and pulmonary metastases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26076083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2014.07.002
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