Affiliations 

  • 1 Radiology Department, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 2 Neurosurgery Department, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 3 Imaging Unit, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
J Taibah Univ Med Sci, 2021 Dec;16(6):943-947.
PMID: 34899138 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.07.007

Abstract

Primary osteosarcomas involving the base of the skull in middle-aged patients are rare. We describe the case of a 59-year-old Asian woman presenting with lethargy, epistaxis, left maxillary and mandibular pain, and headache. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a large left greater sphenoid wing tumour with extensive local infiltration and intracranial extension. The tumour was diagnosed as osteosarcoma based on histological examination. In this report, we discuss the clinical presentations, radiological features, and imaging differential diagnoses of this case.

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