title: Cytological diagnosis of small cell osteosarcoma of the bone.
abstract: Small cell osteosarcoma (OS) is a rare histological variant of OS that poses unique diagnostic difficulties. We present a case of a 10-year-old child who underwent fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from a mass in the right thigh. The cytological findings were those of a malignant small round cell tumor, closest to small cell OS. The FNAC findings were confirmed on histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Uma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Irneet
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mundi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Harsh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Sudhir Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Garg
keywords: Bone; fine needle aspiration; small cell osteosarcoma