Abdominal pain in a patient with osteosarcoma

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2005 Dec;27(12):678-80. doi: 10.1097/01.mph.0000193473.29740.dd.

Abstract

Abdominal pain often occurs in patients receiving chemotherapy. The authors describe a patient with osteosarcoma who developed severe right-sided abdominal discomfort several days after being admitted for fever, neutropenia, and mucositis. Unexpectedly, the patient's pain was not therapy-related, but rather was caused by a midline pelvic mass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / adverse effects
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Doxorubicin / adverse effects
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Femoral Neoplasms / complications*
  • Femoral Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Femoral Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infarction / etiology
  • Mucositis / chemically induced
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / complications*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis
  • Osteosarcoma / complications*
  • Osteosarcoma / drug therapy
  • Osteosarcoma / surgery
  • Ovarian Cysts / complications*
  • Ovarian Cysts / diagnosis
  • Ovarian Cysts / surgery
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / complications*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ovariectomy
  • Teratoma / blood supply
  • Teratoma / complications*
  • Teratoma / diagnosis
  • Teratoma / surgery
  • Torsion Abnormality / complications

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Doxorubicin