Osteosarcoma of the jaw - An unusual case report

The prevalence of tumors of jaw bones is very less among all types of neoplasms. Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most frequent of primary malignant bone tumor producing osteoid or bone. On comparing to long bones, it occurs occasionally in the jaws and accounts for about 4% of the tumor. In jaw bones, it represents a discrete group of lesions from the conventional type generally occurring in long bones. OS of the maxilla is rarer preferably present in the posterior portion of the alveolar process and the antrum, however, in mandible body is most frequently involved followed by angle, symphysis, and ascending ramus. This article presented a rarer case of OS of maxilla in a 47-year-old male patient. We gave final diagnosis on the basis of clinical features in combination of occlusal radiograph and panoramic radiograph and histology report.