Benign tumefactive soft tissue extension from Paget's disease of bone simulating malignancy.
Osteosarcoma is a frequently fatal complication of Paget's disease of bone typically manifesting radiographically as a lytic lesion with soft tissue extension. A clinically worrisome, but benign manifestation of Paget's disease simulating malignancy because of an extraosseous mass is reported.
McNairn
J D
JD
Department of Pathology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, New York, USA.
Damron
T A
TA
Landas
S K
SK
Ambrose
J L
JL
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*