Many faces of osteosarcoma on plain radiographs

• Published in: ANZ journal of surgery Vol. 85; no. 1-2; pp. 22 - 26
• Main Author: Clayer, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...