Chondroid osteosarcoma of the maxilla.
A case of chondroid osteosarcoma of the maxilla is reported. This is itself a rare lesion but in this instance diagnosis was made more difficult for 2 reasons. On presentation, there was little radiological evidence of bone destruction and also, during follow-up and before biopsy-proven diagnosis, the lesion showed considerable evidence of repair on 2 occasions.
D000328:Adult; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*