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This is a report of a primary extraosseous osteogenic sarcoma of the lung. The patient presented with fever and productive cough. Chest radiography and CT showed a cavitary lesion with an air-fluid level. The lesion was treated as an abscess. Despite aggressive antibiotic therapy and drainage, the patient continued to deteriorate rapidly. At autopsy the lesion was found to be a primary extraosseous pulmonary osteogenic sarcoma.
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PMID:Primary extraosseous pulmonary osteogenic sarcoma: CT findings. 143 Apr 51

We report a rare case of primary osteosarcoma of the lung. A 73-year-old Japanese man with a productive cough and hemosputum was referred to us for further evaluation of a huge cavitating mass in the left upper lobe, shown on a radiograph of his chest. The result of a tumor biopsy, via fiberoptic bronchoscope, raised a strong suspicion of sarcoma. Therefore a left upper lobectomy was performed without any adjuvant therapy. The tumor, which measured 72 x 70 x 62 mm, was well-defined, whitish-yellow in color and soft in consistency. Histological examination of the tumor showed a dense proliferation of spindle cells and the presence of many collagen fibers. Eosinophilic osteoid, with no epithelial structures, were noted in the stroma. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for mesenchymal, but negative for epithelial markers. These pathological features suggested the tumor was an osteosarcoma. A general inspection of other organs did not reveal any more tumorous lesions, therefore, the final diagnosis of the tumor was primary osteosarcoma of the lung.
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PMID:Primary osteosarcoma of the lung: a case report. 1670 35

A 21-year old female, recently diagnosed with osteosarcoma of right humerus, presented to the emergency with history of fever, productive cough, chest pain and progressive respiratory distress for six days. Initial investigations suggested pneumonia but she did not respond to parenteral antibiotics. CT pulmonary angiogram revealed bilateral pulmonary artery embolism. Thrombolysis was performed using alteplase, which failed to improve the clinical condition. In view of underlying malignancy, a possibility of tumour-embolism was considered and she was started on chemotherapy for osteosarcoma. There was dramatic improvement in her respiratory symptoms after the first chemotherapy cycle, along with radiological resolution of the embolism. This case highlights the importance of suspecting tumour embolism in a known case of malignancy with respiratory distress.
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PMID:Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism with Chemotherapy in a Case of Newly Diagnosed Osteosarcoma. 3129 47