Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Case Report

Extraskeletal osteosarcoma misdiagnosed as heterotopic ossification after periprosthetic femoral fracture: A case report

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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea

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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Guri Hospital, Gyeonggi, Korea

AOTT 2020; 54: 118-123
DOI: 10.5152/j.aott.2020.01.444
Read: 4617 Downloads: 584 Published: 02 March 2020

Extraskeletal osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor of soft tissue characterized by osteoid production and has a very low prevalence, comprising approximately 4% of all osteosarcomas and about 1% of all soft tissue sarcomas, and a total of about 350 cases have been reported until now. Heterotopic ossification is a pathological finding of bony tissue in soft tissue regions such as muscle, skin and subcutaneous tissue. We report a case of an 86-year-old woman with a history of total hip arthroplasty (THA), in which open reduction and internal fixation were done for periprosthetic femoral Fracture. The ossified lesion misdiagnosed as heterotopic ossification initially was diagnosed as extraskeletal osteosarcoma at 6 months after the surgery. Both extraskeletal osteosarcoma and heterotopic ossification have no definite symptoms, but show radiopaque shadows on simple radiograph. Therefore, careful attention and thorough evaluation with multiple imaging tests may be necessary for the differential diagnosis of these entities.

Cite this article as: Sung IH, Son HJ, Park JS, Song YS, Park KC. Extraskeletal osteosarcoma misdiagnosed as heterotopic ossification after periprosthetic femoral fracture: A case report. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc 2020; 54(1): 118-23.

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