Many faces of osteosarcoma on plain radiographs

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignancy of bone. It is a very rare form of cancer with an annual incidence of 3:1 000 000 and so will not be seen by many surgeons. Coupled with this are the many different subtypes of this cancer that can have different appearances on imaging ranging from...

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Published inANZ journal of surgery Vol. 85; no. 1-2; pp. 22 - 26
Main Author Clayer, Mark
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Australia Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2015
Subjects
Bone cancer
Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Cancer surgery
Humans
osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma - diagnostic imaging
Radiography
bone cancer
osteosarcoma
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Summary:Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignancy of bone. It is a very rare form of cancer with an annual incidence of 3:1 000 000 and so will not be seen by many surgeons. Coupled with this are the many different subtypes of this cancer that can have different appearances on imaging ranging from densely sclerotic to lytic or even cystic. They can be medullary, cortically or periosteally based. This article demonstrates the various different appearances associated with the different types of osteosarcoma which will assist surgeons in diagnosing this rare cancer.
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ISSN:1445-1433
1445-2197
DOI:10.1111/ans.12836