A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain: Osteosarcoma of the Scapula
Osteosarcoma is a malignant bone tumor usually seen in adolescent and early adulthood and often with long bones; patients complain of pain and swelling. Plain radiography revealed cortex destruction and moth-eaten style medullary lesions. Reported herein is a 31-year-old male patient with a history...
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Galenos Yayinevi,
2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Osteosarcoma is a malignant bone tumor usually seen in adolescent and early adulthood and often with long bones; patients complain of pain and swelling. Plain radiography revealed cortex destruction and moth-eaten style medullary lesions. Reported herein is a 31-year-old male patient with a history of scapular osteosarcoma who presented with a shoulder pain complaint. The importance of imaging, examination, and anamnesis is emphasized in the light of the literature. |
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| Item Description: | 2147-2653 10.4274/tod.galenos.2020.58661 |