Telangiectatic osteosarcoma of the skull base

Autor: R E, Whitehead, E R, Melhem, J, Kasznica, S, Eustace
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
ISSN: 0195-6108
Popis: We present a patient with a distinctive lesion of the skull base, which, at imaging, showed expansile destruction of the sphenoid bone, hemorrhage with fluid-fluid levels, and contrast enhancement of a solid portion. These features ordinarily suggest either giant cell tumor or aneurysmal bone cyst; however, pathologic examination confirmed instead a rare variant of osteosarcoma of the telangiectatic type. Although imaging findings can indicate any of these possibilities, biopsy is an essential step in arriving at the diagnosis.
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