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Bilateral internal hemipelvectomy for osteosarcoma in a pediatric patient previously treated for rhabdomyosarcoma ORTHOPAEDICS & TRAUMATOLOGY-SURGERY & RESEARCH Fernandez-Pineda, I., McCarville, M. B., Brennan, R. C., Spunt, S. L., Neel, M. D., Rao, B. N. 2015; 101 (3): 395-397

Abstract

The surgical treatment of malignant bone tumors involving the pelvis represents a great challenge in terms of local control. Internal hemipelvectomy is a major surgical procedure that involves the resection of the entire hemipelvis or of a portion of the hemipelvis with preservation of the ipsilateral extremity. The need for a bilateral internal hemipelvectomy is an extraordinary situation. We describe the case of an 11-year-old girl with a primary diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder at the age of two years who subsequently developed a right pelvis osteosarcoma at the age of six years and a left pelvis osteosarcoma at the age of nine years. She ultimately underwent sequential bilateral internal hemipelvectomies and she postoperatively ambulates without an assist device.

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.otsr.2015.01.012

View details for Web of Science ID 000353977600022

View details for PubMedID 25817906