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Tetralogy of Fallot cases: Prone to be Affected by Malignancies or just a Coincidence?

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Mohammad Radgoudarzi1, Seyyed-Mohsen Hosseininejad2, Mahdi Aarabi3, Azizollah Yousefi4, Alireza Ajam2
Department of 1Pediatric Cardiology and 4Pediatrics, Hazrat-e Rasool General Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Medical Student, Student Research Committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran; 3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Toronto East General Hospital, 825 Coxwell Avenue, Toronto, ON M4C 3E7, Canada.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Seyyed-Mohsen Hosseininejad
Email: hosseininejad.s.mohsen@gmail.com
Received: 10-DEC-2016 Accepted: 25-APR-2017 Published Online: 05-MAY-2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2017.0048
Abstract
Background: The tendency of developing malignancy in patients with congenital heart defects has been well documented. Osteosarcoma and tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) have never been so far reported to happen in a single patient. Case Report: An 8.5-year-old boy with history of repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) one year back presented with refractory leg pain most frequently at nights. CT scan, bone scan and bone biopsy of the proximal part of the left fibula revealed: high grade intramedullary osteogenic sarcoma (OS) of osteochondroblastic type. Conclusion: According to latest genetic studies TOF and OS don’t share any common genetic background; it would be interesting for clinicians to have in mind such tendency between TOF and OS to investigate if they share any origin genetically or developmentally?
Keywords : Bone Neoplasms, Heart Defects, Osteosarcoma, Pain, Tetralogy of Fallot.
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