JISC case 00419


  • Female, 12 years old
  • Clinical details:
    Following pain in the thigh for 2 months, she was found to have a tumour deep to the gluteus medius muscle. A biopsy was taken. X-ray examination showed multiple metastases in lung; and she developed paraplegia and died at home 8 months from the onset.
  • Diagnosis:
    Cellular poorly differentiated osteosarcoma with distinct osteoid trabeculae in places.
  • Review diagnosis:
    Osteosarcoma - osteoid seams are very few!
  • System:
    Soft Tissue and Bone
  • Specimen:
    Excision
  • Date:
    1959

  • Published paper:
    The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, Volume 61, Issue 3 (p 367-373)

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