Osteosarcoma of the Mandible Masquerading as a Dental Abscess: Report of a Case

An aggressive and fatal case of osteosarcoma of the mandible in a 19-year-old female is reported. Six weeks after the clinical appearance of the swelling, the patient died. This paper is unique in that the age of occurrence and the biologic behavior of the tumor were not consistent with the reported...

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Autores principales: Anil, Sukumaran, Krishnan, Anitha P., Rajendran, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23243522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/635062
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description An aggressive and fatal case of osteosarcoma of the mandible in a 19-year-old female is reported. Six weeks after the clinical appearance of the swelling, the patient died. This paper is unique in that the age of occurrence and the biologic behavior of the tumor were not consistent with the reported literature. The case report is followed by a brief review of osteosarcoma of the jaw with a note on its clinical presentation, diverse radiologic appearance, varied histopathologic picture, and prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-35178212012-12-14 Osteosarcoma of the Mandible Masquerading as a Dental Abscess: Report of a Case Anil, Sukumaran Krishnan, Anitha P. Rajendran, R. Case Rep Dent Case Report An aggressive and fatal case of osteosarcoma of the mandible in a 19-year-old female is reported. Six weeks after the clinical appearance of the swelling, the patient died. This paper is unique in that the age of occurrence and the biologic behavior of the tumor were not consistent with the reported literature. The case report is followed by a brief review of osteosarcoma of the jaw with a note on its clinical presentation, diverse radiologic appearance, varied histopathologic picture, and prognosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3517821/ /pubmed/23243522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/635062 Text en Copyright © 2012 Sukumaran Anil et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Osteosarcoma of the Mandible Masquerading as a Dental Abscess: Report of a Case
title Osteosarcoma of the Mandible Masquerading as a Dental Abscess: Report of a Case
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title_fullStr Osteosarcoma of the Mandible Masquerading as a Dental Abscess: Report of a Case
title_full_unstemmed Osteosarcoma of the Mandible Masquerading as a Dental Abscess: Report of a Case
title_short Osteosarcoma of the Mandible Masquerading as a Dental Abscess: Report of a Case
title_sort osteosarcoma of the mandible masquerading as a dental abscess: report of a case
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23243522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/635062
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