Osteosarcoma differential diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Differentiating Osteosarcoma from other Diseases

• Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
• Fibrosarcoma
• Giant cell tumors
• Osteosarcoma with diaphyseal location may suggest Ewing's sarcoma
• Lymphoma
• Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
• Poorly differentiated fibrosarcoma
• Osteoblastoma
• Aneurysmal bone cyst