A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain: Osteosarcoma of the Scapula

Osteosarcoma is a malignant bone tumor usually seen in adolescent and early adulthood and often with long bones; patients complain of pain and swelling. Plain radiography revealed cortex destruction and moth-eaten style medullary lesions. Reported herein is a 31-year-old male patient with a history...

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Main Authors: Kadir Güler, Ayşe Dicle Turhanoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2021-12-01
Series:Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi
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Online Access: http://www.turkosteoporozdergisi.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-rare-cause-of-shoulder-pain-osteosarcoma-of-the-/50627
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description Osteosarcoma is a malignant bone tumor usually seen in adolescent and early adulthood and often with long bones; patients complain of pain and swelling. Plain radiography revealed cortex destruction and moth-eaten style medullary lesions. Reported herein is a 31-year-old male patient with a history of scapular osteosarcoma who presented with a shoulder pain complaint. The importance of imaging, examination, and anamnesis is emphasized in the light of the literature.
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spelling doaj.art-43609a6ac0c04116b46bca057f34723f2023-02-15T16:19:02ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Osteoporoz Dergisi2147-26532021-12-0127317017210.4274/tod.galenos.2020.5866113049054A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain: Osteosarcoma of the ScapulaKadir Güler0Ayşe Dicle Turhanoğlu1 Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Tayfur Ata Sökmen Tıp Fakültesi, Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Hatay, Türkiye Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Tayfur Ata Sökmen Tıp Fakültesi, Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Hatay, Türkiye Osteosarcoma is a malignant bone tumor usually seen in adolescent and early adulthood and often with long bones; patients complain of pain and swelling. Plain radiography revealed cortex destruction and moth-eaten style medullary lesions. Reported herein is a 31-year-old male patient with a history of scapular osteosarcoma who presented with a shoulder pain complaint. The importance of imaging, examination, and anamnesis is emphasized in the light of the literature. http://www.turkosteoporozdergisi.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-rare-cause-of-shoulder-pain-osteosarcoma-of-the-/50627 scapulaosteosarcomashoulder pain
spellingShingle Kadir Güler
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A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain: Osteosarcoma of the Scapula
Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi
scapula
osteosarcoma
shoulder pain
title A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain: Osteosarcoma of the Scapula
title_full A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain: Osteosarcoma of the Scapula
title_fullStr A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain: Osteosarcoma of the Scapula
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain: Osteosarcoma of the Scapula
title_short A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain: Osteosarcoma of the Scapula
title_sort rare cause of shoulder pain osteosarcoma of the scapula
topic scapula
osteosarcoma
shoulder pain
url http://www.turkosteoporozdergisi.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-rare-cause-of-shoulder-pain-osteosarcoma-of-the-/50627
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