Telangiectatic Osteosarcoma

Description: Boy, 10, With Knee Pain Pamela L. Horn, MSN, CNP, RNFA, Brenda Ruth, RN, BSN, CWON
A 10-year-old boy first complained of right knee pain two months prior to presentation. There was no traumatic event to explain the pain and no prior viral or bacterial illness. Radiographs taken earlier at another facility were initially pronounced normal. One month later, repeat x-rays showed a possible hairline fracture, and MRI was ordered. MRI documented a destructive lesion in the right distal femur with a soft-tissue mass that was worrisome for primary bone malignancy.
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