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M Immenkamp

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PubMed1975

Osteosarcoma in children. A study of 125 cases.

A study is presented of the aetiology and results of treatment in a group of 125 proven osteosarcomas present in children under fifteen years of age. These cases have been collected from the records of one English and six European treatment centres. There is a slight male preponderance, but the striking aetiological feature is the very high proportion of tumours of the long bones of the limbs (96 per cent). The two and a half and five year disease-free survival rates were respectively 15 and 12 per cent, with a further 9 per cent still living, but under observation for less than two and a half years. Evidence of metastasis after two and a half years is very unusual, but no child with a tumour of an axial or girdle bone lived this length of time. Although the differences in the results of the different methods of treatment employed are not statistically valid, the largest number of long survivors had been treated by early amputation, which method also provided the lowest rate of local tumour recurrences. Reasons are discussed which indicate that prompt ablation is the treatment of choice, perhaps with certain advantages in the light of recent advances in adjuvant treatment. The past situation in connection with childhood osteosarcoma certainly provides strong support for immediate carefully designed clinical trials of the new adjuvant methods cited.

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PubMed1975

[Malignant change in fibrous dysplasia (author's transl)].

Report on 2 cases of poly-ostotic fibrous dysplasia combined with pigmented areas of the skin with secondary fibrosarcoma of the ulna or femur. They are analysed together with 49 cases published so far. The average age at the time of malignancy being diagnosed was 34.4 years. The average time from recognition of fibrous dysplasia to malignant changes was 17.7 years. In 14 cases local radiotherapy preceded the development of sarcoma. Femur and jaws were the most common sites. There were 30 osteosarcomas, 11 fibrosarcomas and 7 chondrosarcomas. The prognosis is bad: only 14 patients survived for 5 years. But malignant change is rare in fibrous dysplasia. It occurs in less than 1% of cases. Severe forms of poly-ostotic fibrous dysplasia which still progress in adults with a raised alkali phosphatase appear to show an increased tendency towards malignant degeneration.

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[Disease picture of dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica].

Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica - an epiphyseal developmental disturbance of the skeleton - is combined with exostose-like, tumor-simulating cartilaginous hypertrophy of bone tissue, mainly located at the epiphyses of the lower extremities and at the tarsal bones. In the case of multiple involvement the unilateral type prevails (hemimele type); within the epiphyses it is mostly the medial part which is undergoing changes. Rare sites are patella, head of the hip bone, shoulder joint, carpalia, more commonly affected are talus as well as other tarsal bones, distal femoral epiphysis and proximal and distal tibial epiphysis. Histologically, dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica is identical to cartilaginous exostosis. Bone formation is taking place by enchondral ossification (epiphyseal osteochondroma). The ratio between male and female is 3:1. As a rule, this disease becomes manifest in early childhood or adolescence by indolent swellings of the joint region, restricted movement, axis shift, sometimes by differences in the length of the legs. Therapeutic guidelines are not unanimous. On one hand, correction osteotomy is not recommended until the completion of growth, while on the other hand excision of the cartilaginous hypertrophy in early childhood (before the age of 4) is postulated. Since there are less than 100 cases described in literature, another 8 cases of this extremely rare disease are to be presented here.

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[Eosinophilic granuloma of the spine].

The contribution to the clinical picture of eosinophilic granuloma of the spine. This tumor-like, osteolytic bone lesion presents both diagnostic and therapeutic problems. Solitary eosinophilic granuloma of the spine is not common. Compared to the multiple manifestation of eosinophilic granuloma, which seldom spares the spine, vertebral involvement is rare in cases of solitary eosinophilic granuloma (about 10 p.c.). Spinal involvement of this disease is mainly characterized by an undramatic, uneventful clinical course, even in cases of extensive osteolytic bone defects, varying laboratory findings as well as partial or complete collapse of a vertebra, mostly in form of a true vertebrae plana. Open biopsy is recommended instead of needle aspiration biopsy in solitary eosinophilic granuloma of the spine in order to exclude Ewing's sarcoma, neuroblastoma, or bony manifestations of leukemia. In cases of solitary eosinophilic granuloma various therapeutic methods have been tried. Some authors have registered good results by means of prolonged immobilization, similar to fracture treatment. Others have used radiation therapy in moderate doses. We suggest operative treatment of solitary eosinophilic granuloma. Our procedure comprises open biopsy, frozen section examination, and curettage of the affected vertebral body, taking care not to destroy the epiphyseal plate or the intervertebral disc. Vertebral body replacement is achieved by means of a bone graft, taken from the iliac crest. The original height of the vertebra is thus restored and immediate stability of the involved area guaranteed. Undisturbed bone growth of the end plated of the vertebral body can be observed. This technique is to prevent disturbances of spinal growth and permanent deformities.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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