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Low-grade central osteosarcoma of the rib

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We report a case of low-grade central osteosarcoma of the rib, mimicking fibrous dysplasia protuberans or parosteal osteosarcoma. A 13-year-old boy presented with a densely ossified exophytic tumor in the left sixth rib. The surgically resected rib revealed an ossified tumor that had developed within bone and had formed an exophytic mass. Microscopic examination revealed parosteal osteosarcoma-like low-grade central osteosarcoma. Low-grade central osteosarcomas rarely affect the rib, and exophytic tumor formation is also rare. This tumor required differentiation from fibrous dysplasia protuberans and parosteal osteosarcoma because of its clinical presentation.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Minami-Koshigaya 2-1-50, 343-8555, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan

    Takehiko Yamaguchi & Yoshihiko Ueda

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ashikaga Red-Cross Hospital, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan

    Kazuhiko Shimizu

  3. Department of Orthopedics, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan

    Yasumori Koguchi & Koichi Saotome

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Presented at the 31st Closed Meeting of the International Skeletal Society in Malta, October 2004

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Yamaguchi, T., Shimizu, K., Koguchi, Y. et al. Low-grade central osteosarcoma of the rib. Skeletal Radiol 34, 490–493 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-004-0875-6

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