RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chronic osteomyelitis mimicking sarcoma
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 237
OP 239
DO 10.1136/jcp.56.3.237
VO 56
IS 3
A1 Gulmann, C
A1 Young, O
A1 Tolan, M
A1 O’Riordan, D
A1 Leader, M
YR 2003
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/56/3/237.abstract
AB This report describes a rare case of chronic osteomyelitis in a 60 year old man mimicking a soft tissue sarcoma. Chronic osteomyelitis is an infrequent cause of a soft tissue mass and is usually diagnosed clinically by a combination of radiology and microbiology. Rarely, COM can mimic a primary bony neoplasm, but this is the first reported case where it mimicked a soft tissue sarcoma. The clinical, radiological, and histological appearances of this case will be discussed.