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Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2003 September;47(3):177-81

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language: English

Primary osteosarcoma of the skull. A report of 3 cases

Chander B. ¹, Ralte A. M. ¹, Dahiya S. ¹, Sharma M. C. ¹, Mahapatra A. K. ², Sharma A. K. ³, Mukhopadhyay S. ¹, Sarkar C. ¹

¹ Department of Pathology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 2 Department of Neurosurgery All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 3 Department of Neuroradiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Osteosarcomas are malig­nant ­bone ­tumors, ­which com­mon­ly ­affect the ­long ­bones of ­young ­adults. Primary oste­o­sar­co­mas of the ­skull are exceed­ing­ly ­rare. We here­in ­report 3 cas­es of pri­mary oste­o­sar­co­ma of the ­skull involv­ing the cal­var­ia, diag­nosed ­over a peri­od of 8 ­years at the Depart­ment of Pathol­o­gy of our Insti­tute.