Treatment of chest wall osteosarcoma presenting as second primary after treatment of neuroblastoma

Only 2 cases of osteosarcoma as a second primary malignancy after neuroblastoma have been reported in the literature. We present a case of chest wall osteosarcoma that developed in a 14-year-old boy 7 years after completion of chemotherapy, autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, radiation, and resection for stage 3, high-risk neuroblastoma. A biopsy of a painful chest wall mass arising from the right third rib diagnosed osteosarcoma. He went on to have preoperative chemotherapy followed by wide local excision and chest wall reconstruction. He then received additional chemotherapy. This case highlights the importance of close observation for second malignancies in this patient population. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.