Extraskeletal osteosarcoma: a case report

Andreas F. Mavrogenıs, Ellada Papadogeorgou, Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos

Abstract


Extraskeletal osteosarcoma is a rare soft tissue sarcoma. Survival is related with the wide resection of the tumor. The role of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy remains controversial. In our study, we present a patient with extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the thigh which was initially misdiagnosed as lipoma.

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Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. ISSN: 1017-995x