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Three-Dimensional Bone Extracellular Matrix Model for Osteosarcoma
Published on: April 12, 2019
Different Pattern of Bone Scintigraphy in Mandibular Osteosarcoma Arising From Fibrous Dysplasia in a Patient With
Tse-Hao Lee1, Lee-Shing Chu, Chih-Yung Chang
1From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract:
McCune-Albright syndrome is a rare condition consisting of triad of fibrous dysplasia, hyperfunctioning endocrinopathy, and café au lait macules of skin. A 31-year-old man was diagnosed with fibrous dysplasia 18 years before presenting with pathologic fracture. No workup for polyostotic fibrous dysplasia was performed at that time. He now presented with left facial swelling and skeletal features of acromegaly. MRI revealed a 15-cm enhancing tumor diagnosed histopathologically as high-grade osteosarcoma. Tc-methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy revealed decreased uptake at the tumor site contrary to the usual finding of avid uptake by the neoplastic bone forming tumor.

