Open AccessExtraskeletal osteosarcoma: a case report
Author(s) -
Andreas F. Mavrogenis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.3944/aott.2012.2579
Subject(s) - medicine , osteosarcoma , thigh , soft tissue , sarcoma , radiation therapy , adjuvant chemotherapy , adjuvant radiotherapy , chemotherapy , soft tissue sarcoma , radiology , surgery , pathology , cancer , breast cancer
Extraskeletal osteosarcoma is a rare soft tissue sarcoma. Survival is related with the wide resection of the tumor. The role of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy remains controversial. In our study, we present a patient with extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the thigh which was initially misdiagnosed as lipoma.
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