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ABSTRACT: Background
Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant primary bone tumour in young adult treated by neo adjuvant chemotherapy, surgical tumor removal and adjuvant multidrug chemotherapy. For correction of soft tissue defect consecutive to surgery and/or tumor treatment, autologous fat graft has been proposed in plastic and reconstructive surgery.Principal findings
We report here a case of a late local recurrence of osteosarcoma which occurred 13 years after the initial pathology and 18 months after a lipofilling procedure. Because such recurrence was highly unexpected, we investigated the possible relationship of tumor growth with fat injections and with mesenchymal stem/stromal cell like cells which are largely found in fatty tissue. Results obtained in osteosarcoma pre-clinical models show that fat grafts or progenitor cells promoted tumor growth.Significance
These observations and results raise the question of whether autologous fat grafting is a safe reconstructive procedure in a known post neoplasic context.
SUBMITTER: Perrot P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2882323 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Perrot Pierre P Rousseau Julie J Bouffaut Anne-Laure AL Rédini Françoise F Cassagnau Elisabeth E Deschaseaux Frédéric F Heymann Marie-Françoise MF Heymann Dominique D Duteille Franck F Trichet Valérie V Gouin François F
PloS one 20100608 6
<h4>Background</h4>Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant primary bone tumour in young adult treated by neo adjuvant chemotherapy, surgical tumor removal and adjuvant multidrug chemotherapy. For correction of soft tissue defect consecutive to surgery and/or tumor treatment, autologous fat graft has been proposed in plastic and reconstructive surgery.<h4>Principal findings</h4>We report here a case of a late local recurrence of osteosarcoma which occurred 13 years after the initial pathology a ...[more]