Case reports: Osteosarcoma without radiographic evidence of tumor

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006 Jan:442:267-72. doi: 10.1097/01.blo.0000188065.63715.98.

Abstract

There have been cases of osteosarcoma in which conventional radiographs showed only minimal abnormalities. However, the absence of any evidence of tumor has not been reported. We report a unique case of osteosarcoma in a patient who originally presented with a fracture incurred after minimal trauma. The patient had no radiographic evidence of the tumor even after retrospective analysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Bone Nails
  • Child, Preschool
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Femoral Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Fractures / surgery
  • Femoral Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Femoral Neoplasms / therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Osteosarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Osteosarcoma / therapy
  • Radiography
  • Weight-Bearing