A case of extraskeletal osteosarcoma with metastasis to the skin

Extraskeletal osteosarcoma has a favourable prognosis when treated like conventional osteosarcoma

“…The commonest cause of death was distant metastases, which is in agreement with existing studies, with the lung being the most common site (Lee et al 1995;Jensen et al 1998). Patient 12 had many metastases (pulmonary, soft tissue, osseous and skin) and this supports the theory that skin metastases may be a sign of widespread disease (Covello et al 2003). Only one patient (Patient 12) developed distant metastases after diagnosis.…”

Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma of Subcutaneous Soft Tissue with Lymph Node and Skin Metastasis: A Case Report with Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Analysis

“…Cutaneous metastasis from sarcoma is rare [10]. Metastasis of EOS to the skin is extremely rare, and only one case of breast osteosarcoma that gave metastasis to cutaneous tissue has been reported in the literature [11]. In our case, skin metastasis was discovered before the radiologic detection of the pulmonary nodules.…”

A Tripod of Metastasis in a Case of Osteosarcoma

“…[4,5] Sarcomas involving skin are, leiomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, and extraskeletal osteosarcoma. [6][7][8] In few studies it is observed that skin metastases of osteosarcomas develops distant to the site of primary tumour as seen in our case, which is in contrast to many types of carcinomas, in which regional skin metastases are the more common presentation. Most of such metastases occur late in the disease course, and herald a poor prognosis.…”