Osteosarcoma of the jaws: a clinicopathological analysis of three cases
XU Fang-ping
LUO Xin-lan
MEI Ping
YAN Li-xu
Liu Chao
LIU Yan-hui
Abstract：Objective To report three cases of rare osteosarcoma of the jaws.Methods A retrospective clinicopathological study was made on three cases of osteosarcoma of the jaws in past three years in our hospital.The clinical characteristics,radiological appearance,pathological,immunohistochemical and molecular pathological findings were analyzed,and also the literatures were reviewed.Results Three cases of osteosarcoma of the jaws occurred in patients at the age of 49 years,46 years and 51 years,respectively,and two of the tumors located in the left maxilla and one in right maxilla.All the pathological diagnoses were osteosarcoma of maxilla,and one case was secondary osteosarcoma.Conclusion There are some differences including age of onset,clinical features and morphological characteristics between osteosarcoma of the jaws and ordinary osteosarcoma of long bones.Intergrative analysis of clinical,radiology and pathological findings and application of some necessary ancillary techniques such as immunohistochemistry will help inaccuracy and timely diagnosis of such rare osteosarcoma of the jaws.
Keywords：Osteosarcoma of the jawsClinicopathologyMolecular pathology
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 346-349 )