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Primary intracerebral osteosarcoma: A case report

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Primary intracerebral sarcomas are rare tumors. Malignantfibrous histiocytoma and fibrosarcoma are the predominant histologies. A 3 year old girl with a primary, intraparenchymalcerebral osteosarcoma, the second case reported in the literature,is described. Partial surgical resection, systemic chemotherapy and radiosurgery has provided tumor control at 18 months. Treatment issues are discussed.

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  1. Department Radiation Oncology, London Regional Cancer Clinic, London, Ontario, Canada

    Glenn S. Bauman & William M. Wara

  2. Department Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco

    Samuel F. Ciricillo & Michael S.B. Edwards

  3. University of California, Department Pathology, San Francisco

    Richard L. Davis

  4. Department Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, USA

    Seymour Zoger

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Bauman, G.S., Wara, W.M., Ciricillo, S.F. et al. Primary intracerebral osteosarcoma: A case report. J Neurooncol 32, 209–213 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005756930169

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