Bone & joints
Osteosarcoma
Osteoblastoma-like
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 August 2013
Revised: 228 December 2018
Copyright: (c) 2003-2018, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: osteoblastoma-like
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Definition / general | Treatment | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Pernick N Osteoblastoma-like. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/boneosteoblastomalikeosteosarcoma.html. Accessed March 4th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Rare, 1% of all osteosarcomas
- Mean age 29 years, range 19 - 47 years, more common in males
Treatment
- Resection with wide surgical margins
- May recur if inadequate margins, may metastasize
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Resembles osteoblastoma, but permeation of surrounding host tissue
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Dr. Mark R. Wick
Low grade
