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. 1998 Apr;19(4):754-7.

Telangiectatic osteosarcoma of the skull base.

R E Whitehead 1, E R Melhem 1, J Kasznica 1, S Eustace 1
PMCID: PMC8337407  PMID: 9576668

Abstract

We present a patient with a distinctive lesion of the skull base, which, at imaging, showed expansile destruction of the sphenoid bone, hemorrhage with fluid-fluid levels, and contrast enhancement of a solid portion. These features ordinarily suggest either giant cell tumor or aneurysmal bone cyst; however, pathologic examination confirmed instead a rare variant of osteosarcoma of the telangiectatic type. Although imaging findings can indicate any of these possibilities, biopsy is an essential step in arriving at the diagnosis.

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