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Intracranial osteosarcomas: Report of four cases and review of the literature

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Four cases of intracranial osteosarcoma are reported. In three cases the tumors were primary neoplasms arising from the sellar region, base of the occiput and the parieto-occipital area. One case represented osteosarcoma metastatic to the cerebellum, a site not previously described, from a primary tumor at the femur. In addition, the current literature on intracranial osteosarcoma is reviewed.

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    Keyoumars Ashkan, Jonathan Pollock, Corrado D'Arrigo & Neil D. Kitchen

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Ashkan, K., Pollock, J., D'Arrigo, C. et al. Intracranial osteosarcomas: Report of four cases and review of the literature. J Neurooncol 40, 87–96 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006007411312

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