title: Primary telangiectatic osteosarcoma of occipital bone: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: Telangiectatic osteosarcoma (TOS), an uncommon variant of osteosarcoma, involving skull bones is extremely rare. We present clinico-pathological, imageological and treatment outcome of a primary TOS of occipital bone in a 30-year-old woman and review the previously reported skull bone TOS. We suggest that TOS should be included in the differential diagnosis of destructive lytic lesions involving the skull bones. As radical surgical procedures are not applicable to skull bones, the outcome is poor even with adjuvant chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Mohana Rao
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Patibandla
authors.forename: Shantveer G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Uppin
authors.forename: Amit Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Thotakura
authors.forename: Manas K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Panigrahi
authors.forename: Sundaram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Challa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods