Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma-
A Case Report
Published: January 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/.7065
Sharmila Thilagavathy Narayanan, Meena Kumari Gopalakrishnan, Shifa Seyed Ibrahim, Raasi Sankar
1. Professor, Department of Pathology, Madurai Medical College, India.
2. Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Pathology, Madurai Medical College, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Madurai Medical College, India.
4. Postgraduate, Department of Pathology, Madurai Medical College, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Shifa Seyed Ibrahim,
82, J.N. Nagar, Old Natham Road, Madurai-17, India.
E-mail: shifafrin@gmail.com
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumour with a bimodal peak. But its extraskeletal variant is very rare. It arises exclusively in soft tissue without at any skeletal attachment. It accounts for 2% of all soft tissue sarcomas. It is usually diagnosed as an incidental finding during imaging. Here, we are presenting a case of extraskeletal osteosarcoma diagnosed incidentally during imaging in a 30 years old male for its rarity.
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