PRIMARY OSTEOSARCOMA OF THE SKULL - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Primary osteosarcoma of the skull (POS) in a young man with intracrani al involvement is reported. After an initial transient remission by su rgical intervention and chemotherapy, he began to deteriorate due to t umor recurrence and intracranial hemorrhage, and died 15 months follow ing the time of diagnosis. The rarity and poor prognosis of POS are em phasized together with the review of the clinical and therapeutic aspe cts in the previously reported 98 cases in the literature.