PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Whitehead, R E
AU  - Melhem, E R
AU  - Kasznica, J
AU  - Eustace, S
TI  - Telangiectatic osteosarcoma of the skull base.
DP  - 1998 Apr 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 754--757
VI  - 19
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/4/754.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/4/754.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1998 Apr 01; 19
AB  - We present a patient with a distinctive lesion of the skull base, which, at imaging, showed expansile destruction of the sphenoid bone, hemorrhage with fluid-fluid levels, and contrast enhancement of a solid portion. These features ordinarily suggest either giant cell tumor or aneurysmal bone cyst; however, pathologic examination confirmed instead a rare variant of osteosarcoma of the telangiectatic type. Although imaging findings can indicate any of these possibilities, biopsy is an essential step in arriving at the diagnosis.