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Cutaneous osteosarcoma arising from a burn scar

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Tumors that develop in old burn scars are usually squamous cell carcinomas. Sarcomas have also been reported, albeit rarely. To our knowledge, there has been only one case report of an extraskeletal osteosarcoma arising in a prior burn scar reported in the English-language literature, mainly discussing the clinicopathological features. Herein, we present a case of cutaneous osteosarcoma visualized as a mineralized soft-tissue mass arising from the scar associated with a previous skin burn over the back. This seems to be the first report describing the imaging features of a cutaneous osteosarcoma from an old burn scar.

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  1. Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea

    Min A. Lee & Jaehyuck Yi

  2. Department of Radiology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, 130 Dongduk-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea

    Min A. Lee & Jaehyuck Yi

  3. Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41944, Republic of Korea

    Jong Min Chae

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Lee, M.A., Yi, J. & Chae, J.M. Cutaneous osteosarcoma arising from a burn scar. Skeletal Radiol 46, 547–551 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-016-2565-6

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