Secondary Angiosarcoma of the Femur after Radiation Therapy for a Primary B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report

Rajbir S Hundal, Matthew T Pigott and Geoffrey W Siegel

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Oncology, University of Michigan, USA

^*Correspondance to: Geoffrey W Siegel 

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Abstract:

We present a case of a 68-year-old woman with a complicated history of multiple cancers including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the left femur who presented with a pathologic fracture through a radiation induced angiosarcoma of her prior treated bone. She had multiple surgeries on her left femur resulting in a girdlestone resection arthroplasty with a chronic draining sinus communicating with her hip. We present this as a technically difficult surgical case requiring complex decision making and planning. This case highlights the importance of advanced pre-surgical imaging and the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer patients.

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Hundal RS, Pigott MT, Siegel GW. Secondary Angiosarcoma of the Femur after Radiation Therapy for a Primary B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report. Clin Case Rep Int. 2017; 1: 1032.