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ANGIOSARCOMA OCCURRING WITH CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS AND RESIDUAL FOREIGN MATERIAL: CASE REPORT OF A LATE WORLD WAR II WOUND COMPLICATION
Author(s) -
Schneider Tim,
Renney John,
Hayman John
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb02045.x
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , angiosarcoma , surgery , osteomyelitis , foreign body , foreign bodies
The case is reported of a World War II veteran who developed an angiosarcoma at the site of wounding 46 years previously. The wound was complicated by retained foreign material and chronic infection involving bone. The patient died, 6 weeks after tumour diagnosis, from a complication of the disease. There is slight but definite risk of tumour development in association with retained foreign material. This risk may be greater in older patients who have retained this foreign material for long periods and where the presence of the material is complicated by chronic infection.