The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2014 , Vol 56 , Num 3
Distribution of Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors in the Central Black Sea Region
1Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Suluova State Hospital, Amasya, and Departments of 2Orthopedics and Traumatology,
3Pediatrics, and 4Pathology, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey. E-mail: alperomu@gmail.com
This study aimed to evaluate pediatric cases treated surgically for an initial
diagnosis of bone and soft tissue tumor between January 1987 and January
2012. This retrospective study evaluated 328 patients with pathologically
confirmed tumor from a total of 374 patients hospitalized with an initial
diagnosis of tumor. The cases were analyzed with respect to frequency, age,
gender, and localization. One hundred and eighty (54.8%) males and 148
(45.2%) females, with a mean age of 13 years (range: 1-18 years), were
included in the study. The tumors were determined as 258 (78.6%) bone
tumors and 70 (21.4%) soft tissue tumors. The most common benign bone
tumor was observed to be osteochondroma (n=61, 30.7%), and the most
common malignant bone tumor was osteosarcoma (n=31, 52.6%). The most
common benign soft tissue tumor was hemangioma, which is a vascular
tumor (n=28, 43.8%), and the most common malignant soft tissue tumor was
rhabdomyosarcoma (n=5, 83.3%). It is thought that similar studies will serve
to form larger series and facilitate inter-regional comparisons by collecting
data from centers that surgically treat bone and soft tissue tumors, thereby
benefitting both pediatric and public health.
Keywords :
bone tumor, soft tissue tumor, pediatrics.