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Chondrosarcoma presenting with pulmonary embolism in a 9-year-old girl: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2014

Marco A. Pinder ,
Daniel J. Dibardino ,
Anderson B. Collier III  and
Jarrod D. Knudson
Marco A. Pinder
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Healthcare of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
Daniel J. Dibardino
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Children’s Healthcare of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
Anderson B. Collier III
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Healthcare of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
Jarrod D. Knudson*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Children’s Heart Center, Children’s Healthcare of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Dr J. D. Knudson, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACC, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Children’s Healthcare of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St. Jackson, MS 39216, United States of America. Tel: (601) 815-8173; Fax: (601) 984-5982; E-mail: jknudson@umc.edu or jarrodknudson@gmail.com
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Abstract

Chondrosarcoma is a malignant bone tumour common in adults, third to myeloma and osteosarcoma, but is exceptionally rare in children. Here we discuss a 9-year-old girl presenting with occlusive right pulmonary artery neoplastic embolus, resulting from a primary right proximal humerus chondrosarcoma. To the best of our knowledge, this the first pediatric and only second overall case reported in the United States of a neoplastic pulmonary embolus resulting from a primary chondrosarcoma.

Keywords

Chondrosarcomatumour emboluspulmonary embolus
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , February 2015 , pp. 384 - 387
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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