Intracortical osteosarcoma; two-year delay in diagnosis

Intracortical osteosarcoma is the rarest type of osteosarcoma. In most instances the tumor arises in the cortex of the femur, less commonly, in the tibia. We describe an 11-year-old patient with intracortical osteosarcoma of the tibia in whom the tumor was present for 2 years and became painful 3 mo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Skeletal radiology 2002-10, Vol.31 (10), p.592-596
Hauptverfasser:	HERMANN, G, KLEIN, M. J, SPRINGFIELD, D, ABDELWAHAB, I. F, DAN, S. J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Bone Neoplasms - surgery Child Diseases of the osteoarticular system Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Osteosarcoma - diagnosis Osteosarcoma - diagnostic imaging Osteosarcoma - surgery Tibia - pathology Time Factors Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton
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Zusammenfassung:	Intracortical osteosarcoma is the rarest type of osteosarcoma. In most instances the tumor arises in the cortex of the femur, less commonly, in the tibia. We describe an 11-year-old patient with intracortical osteosarcoma of the tibia in whom the tumor was present for 2 years and became painful 3 months prior to presentation.
ISSN:	0364-2348 1432-2161
DOI:	10.1007/s00256-002-0532-x