Osteosarcoma

A usually aggressive malignant bone-forming mesenchymal neoplasm, predominantly affecting adolescents and young adults. It usually involves bones and less frequently extraosseous sites. It often involves the long bones (particularly distal femur, proximal tibia, and proximal humerus). Pain with or without a palpable mass is the most frequent clinical symptom. It may spread to other anatomic sites, particularly the lungs.

Disease Alternative Name

osteogenic sarcoma
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just saw this case of full metastasized osteosarcoma child is 14yrs old extremely painful that he doesn't even allow to ...See More

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The malignancy was in distal femur to start with. We have to identify skip lesions if any in proximal femur Skip lesions are foci away from original tumor We used to rely on xrays It was 20th century Now you can get better imaging The...


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