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Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of skeletal versus extraskeletal osteosarcoma
Author(s) -
Nicol Kathleen K.,
Ward William G.,
Savage Paul D.,
Kilpatrick Scott E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
cancer cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980625)84:3<176::aid-cncr10>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , biopsy , osteosarcoma , sarcoma , metastasis , cytopathology , pathology , cancer , cytology
With clinicoradiologic correlation, skeletal osteosarcoma generally is easily diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Because of the older age of most patients with extraskeletal osteosarcoma and its generally nonspecific radiographic features, extraskeletal osteosarcoma may not be easily recognized by FNAB and most likely requires incisional biopsy to establish a definitive diagnosis in most cases.