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Case Reports
. 2017 Jul-Aug;50(4):263-265.
doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.1914-2014.

Primary osteosarcoma of the cranial vault

Gabriel Lacerda Fernandes  1 , Marcelo Ricardo Canuto Natal  2 , Célio Lúcio Palha da Cruz  3 , Rafael Lemos Nascif  4 , Niedja Santos Gonçalves Tsuno  5 , Marco Yukio Tsuno  5
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Case Reports

Primary osteosarcoma of the cranial vault

Gabriel Lacerda Fernandes et al. Radiol Bras. 2017 Jul-Aug.

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Only 5-10% of osteosarcomas arise from the craniofacial bones. We report the case of a 14-year-old female patient who presented with headache and a mass that had been growing in the left frontoparietal region for six months. We describe the findings on conventional radiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging.

Osteossarcomas que se originam dos ossos craniofaciais correspondem a apenas 5-10% dos casos. Neste artigo relatamos caso de uma paciente de 14 anos de idade com quadro de cefaleia e crescimento de massa tumoral na região frontoparietal esquerda com evolução de seis meses. São descritos os achados na radiografia simples, tomografia computadorizada e ressonância magnética.

Keywords: Neoplasms; Osteosarcoma; Skull.

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Figure 1
Anteroposterior X-ray of the skull, showing a heterogeneous high-intensity lesion in the left parietal region accompanied by an aggressive spiculated (sunburst) type periosteal reaction.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Computed tomography of the skull, showing a hyperintense intracranial/extracranial mass, with its epicenter in the cranial vault.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the skull-a axial T1-weighted sequence (A) and a fat-saturated coronal T1-weighted sequence (B)-showing a lesion with intracranial and extracranial components, its epicenter being in the cranial vault, and heterogeneous impregnation by the contrast medium, predominantly at its periphery.
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