Metastasis of osteosarcoma to stomach made clinically evident by hematemesis: a case report

Table 1 Previous reports of osteosarcoma gastric metastasis

Authors	Age^a)	Sex	Primary site	Duration^b), months	Size^c), cm	Ulcer on surface	Symptoms
Overberg-Schmidt et al.	11	female	femor	14	4	Yes	hematemesis, anemia
Strong et al.	17	male	femor	30	3	Yes	tarry stools, vomiting, anemia
Horiuchi et al.	15	male	humerus	30	-	Yes	abdominal pain
Our case	73	male	sternum	11	2.5	Yes	hematemesis, asymptomatic anemia

^aAge at diagnosis of primary tumor; ^bduration from operation of primary tumor to diagnosis of gastric metastasis; ^csize of gastric metastasis.

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