Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Trauma - Spine
Abstract number: 24568
THE PATTERN OF MALIGNANT BONE TUMOUR IN THE SOUTH OF IRAK: A
REPORT OF 150 PATIENTS
Thamer HAMDAN
Dean - Basrah Medical College, Basrah (IRAQ)
The pattern of malignant bone lesion in the south of Irak, probably differs from the
standard pattern this was very obvious after 1996. When the rapid and the mortality
were very high.Delayed presentation was very significant. This probably related to
the lack of clinical awareness in the initial stages. The incidence was significantly
high if compared with other countries.The first histopathological diagnosis was
osteogenic sarcoma (28.6%), next was Ewing sarcoma (20%), and then giant cell
tumour (10.6%), all the giant cells were malignant.Pathological fracture was very rare
presentation seen in one patient only. In (15.3%) there was discrepancy between
clinical findings and histopathological result.The dominant site was the upper end of
the tibia (39%), in (3.33%) no definite histopathological diagnosis was
achieved.(80%) were socio economically disadvantaged. The two year survival rate
was (35.3%), only 10 patients (6.6%) were alive after 5 years.
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