The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

Skeletal Sarcoma on the Site of Retained War Bullet Fragments and a Literature Review on Long-Term Complications of Retained War Shells

Document Type : CASE REPORT

Authors
Mohammad H Ebrahimzadeh 1
Ehsan Vahedi 1
Rashid Ganji 2
Shahram Bozorgnia 3
1 Orthopedic Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Ahmad-Abad Street Mashhad, 91799-9199 Iran.
2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mehr Hospital Koohsangi Street, Mashhad, 91799-9199 Iran.
3 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
10.22038/abjs.2013.2084
Abstract
 
Long-term complications of retained war fragments in the body are not completely known. Also, bullet migration and slow resorption of metals and distortion in some imaging modalities are frequent and well recognized complications but, now we are concerned about neoplastic changes near the retained war fragments.
We reviewed the literature on complication of retained war fragments and report our 2 cases of malignant changes around old retained war fragments in the limbs.
 
Keywords
Osteosarcoma
Retained bullet fragment
Sarcoma
War

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The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
December 2013
Pages 107-111

  • Receive Date 05 August 2013
  • Revise Date 12 October 2014
  • Accept Date 30 November 2013