Secondary distal femoral osteosarcoma in a non-irradiated survivor of bilateral retinoblastoma
Amine Belharty, Hind Qajia, Ahmed El Heiba Cheikh Maalainine, Amina Kili, Maria Kababri, Laila Hessissen, Nazik Allali, Latifa Chat, Siham El Haddad · 2026
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Amine Belharty and colleagues present a 2026 case of a second bone cancer arising in a teenage survivor of eye cancer. Their patient was a 16-year-old girl treated in infancy for retinoblastoma in both eyes with surgery and chemotherapy, never radiation. She stayed cancer-free for 14 years before developing progressive swelling above her left knee after a minor injury.
Scans showed an aggressive tumor destroying bone at the lower end of her thigh bone, with a suspicious second spot in the shin bone. Tissue tests confirmed conventional osteosarcoma, and no lung spread was found. The authors link her risk to an inherited RB1 gene change and urge quick imaging whenever such survivors report lasting bone pain.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Amine Belharty, Hind Qajia, Ahmed El Heiba Cheikh Maalainine, Amina Kili, Maria Kababri, Laila Hessissen, Nazik Allali, Latifa Chat, Siham El Haddad |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |