Research Article

Clinical Epidemiology of Low-Grade and Dedifferentiated Osteosarcoma in Norway during 1975 and 2009

Table 2

Anatomical distribution of 54 patients with low-grade or dedifferentiated osteosarcoma (OS) combined. Separated between parosteal OS (POS), low-grade central OS (LGCOS), and other subgroups.

POS (%)LGCOS (%)Other (%)All patients (%)

Humerus4 (20)1 (3)5 (9)
Femur11 (55)5 (17)16 (30)
Tibia4 (20)5 (17)1 (20)10 (19)
Fibula1 (3)1 (2)
Mandible, maxilla10 (34)3 (60)13 (24)
Costa, scapula, clavicle3 (10)3 (6)
Columna vertebralis1 (3)1 (2)
Pelvis, sacrum1 (5)2 (7)3 (6)
Other1 (3)1 (20)2 (4)
Total20 (100)29 (100)5 (100)54 (100)

Four cases of secondary low-grade OS and one case of extraskeletal low-grade OS (in the breast).