Adrenal gland involvement as well as metastatic
subcutaneous nodule from skeletal osteosarcoma are two extremely
rare and unusual manifestations in the natural history of the
disease. We herein report a 45 yr old female with both these
uncommon occurrences, having large bilateral adrenal metastases
and a metastatic subcutaneous nodule in the chest wall along
with pulmonary metastasis arising from osteosarcoma of the
mandible. Our fluorine -18 fluorodesoxy glucose- positron
emission tomography study provided all information needed about
the disease status in a single examination. It is noteworthy
that osteosarcoma of the jaws, thought to be relatively less
aggressive compared to its counterpart in long bones, can
occasionally give rise to widespread metastases, including
atypical sites. A systematic review of the existing literature
aiming to explore the patients’ characteristics and clinical
behavior of adrenal metastases from osteosarcoma, including the
present case, was carried out. This was nearly always associated
with pulmonary metastases with occasional association with brain
or skeletal metastases. Peripheral long bones were the
overwhelmingly common site of the primary, the present one being
the first report of jaw bone being the primary site, giving rise
to adrenal metastases. No age predilection was observed with
male to female ratio of 3:1 in the small number of reported
cases.
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