Miliary osteosarcomatosis with associated hypocalcemia

Am J Clin Oncol. 1997 Oct;20(5):505-8. doi: 10.1097/00000421-199710000-00014.

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with a rare miliary variant of osteosarcoma associated with symptomatic hypocalcemia and review the literature regarding the pathogenesis of multifocal osteosarcoma, treatment options, and the associated hypocalcemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Bone Neoplasms / complications*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Expectorants / administration & dosage
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Hypocalcemia / etiology*
  • Ifosfamide / administration & dosage
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Mesna / administration & dosage
  • Osteosarcoma / complications*
  • Osteosarcoma / secondary

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
  • Expectorants
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Doxorubicin
  • Mesna
  • Cisplatin
  • Ifosfamide