title: Extraskeletal osteogenic sarcoma of the mediastinum.
abstract: This report describes the clinical and pathologic aspects of a mediastinal extraskeletal osteogenic sarcoma. This is a rare tumor that presented clinically as a thymoma. The literature on extraskeletal osteogenic sarcomas is reviewed with respect to location, age, sex, treatment, and course. The potential role of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of this lesion is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Meschter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*