OSTEOSARCOMA OF THE SKULL - REPORT OF A POST-PAGET AND POSTRADIATION CASE IN AN ELDERLY WOMAN

Osteosarcomas rarely affect the skull, preferring the long bones. As a t other sites, osteosarcomas of the skull may be classified chiefly as de novo, post-radiation and post-Paget cases. Plain films of the skul l and, even more, CT and MRI are the key diagnostic procedures for thi s disease. The treatment is surgery plus chemotherapy, in some cases r adiotherapy. We report an odd case of post-radiation and post-Paget os teosarcoma in an elderly woman whose sister had been similarly affecte d.