Franco LM*. Osteosarcoma mandibular [Osteosarcoma of the jaws]. Med Oral 2004;9:272.
* Residente del Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial y Estomatología del Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl, Medellín, Colombia.

CLINICAL CASE: A 24 year - old man was referred for evaluation of a right-sided bone mass that have been present for over 3-to 6 months approximately. The patient's history revealed, it had been growing fast ever since and paresthesia in the oral side of her right lower lip. The lesion was approximately 6 cms. in diameter The cortical plate of bone was not perforated. The buccal and lingual alveolar expansion of the right posterior mandible, and the overlying mucosa was normal (fig 1-2). X- ray was taken (fig 3,4), TAC (fig 5) and a biopsy.

Diagnóstico
Osteosarcoma of the jaws