Sarcoma
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 186565, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/186565
Case Report

Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma of the Thigh: An Autopsy Case Report

Akihito Nagano,1 Takatoshi Ohno,1 Yutaka Nishimoto,2 Kazunari Yamada,1 and Katsuji Shimizu1

1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
2Department of Surgical Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan

Received 15 October 2008; Revised 8 January 2009; Accepted 13 April 2009

Academic Editor: Clement Trovik

Copyright © 2009 Akihito Nagano et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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