Osteosarcoma of the cranial bone: A case report in an elderly female in a specialist hospital using computed tomography
The head and neck region osteosarcomas are rare and typically present in the thirty-forty years of age. Though, they are extremely rare in the pediatric population as well as the elderly population. Interestingly, primary involvement of the cranial vault, excluding the mandible and maxilla, is an extremely infrequent phenomenon; hence, the number of clinical studies published in the literature is limited. Complete resection may be difficult to achieve due to the anatomy of the head. Besides, an aggressive surgical approach can cause a substantial functional impairment or cosmetic flaw. We report the case of a 66-year-old patient with an aggressive tumor in the left side of the skull accompanied with a severe headache and brain mass at presentation.
Institutions
- University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (NG)
- Rivers State University (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17614442
- Primary Topic
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00