LOW GRADE OSTEOSARCOMA ON THE MANDIBLE;A CASE REPORT

하악골에 발생된 Low grade 골육종;증례보고

Osteosarcoma is a primary malignant tumor arising most often in the long bone, but rare in jaw bone. Especially osteogenic sarcoma of the mandible is a rare tumor, comprising less than 0.5% of all head and neck tumors. Osteosarcoma occurs chiefly in young persons, and presenting very survival rates. Histopathologically this tumor can be classified three types, osteoblastic, fibroblastic, chondroblastic and classified from low grade to high grade by anaplasia or mitosis of the tumor cells. Sometimes, the exact diagnosis of osteosarcoma is difficult especially in low grade osteosarcoma, even if clinical or radiographical findings suggest to osteosarcoma. So suspcious to malignant bone tumor in clinical or radiological findings, biopsy should be taked from deep portion and multiple area, and sharing the patient history and radiographs with pathologist will assist in the development of the diagnosis. We report a case of low grade osteosarcoma on the mandible initially difficulty in accurate diagnosis. The patient visited our hospital for routine dental treatment but radiographic findings displayed ill-defined radiolucency with osteoid formation on the mandible. Final diagnosis was difficulty in initial biopsy but subsequent biopsy taked from deep portion presented infiltrative growth and mitosis of the tumor cell in some area with small osteoid bone formation, so we could reach final diagnosis as low grade sarcoma. We treated this patient with bloc resection of the mandible and immediate reconstruction with iliac corticocancellous block.

하악골에서 low grade 골육종은 매우 드물게 보고되고 있으며 조직검사상 conventional osteosarcoma와는 달리 pleomorphism을 보이지 않기 때문에 양성종양으로 underdiagnosis되기 쉽다. 그러나 정확한 환자의 진단은 적절한 치료와 환자의 예후에 영향을 큰 영향을 미친다. 그러므로 조기에 정확한 진단을 위하여는 의심되는 여러부위에서 조직검사를 시행하고 임상소견과 방사선소견 등을 병리의사와 공유하여야 한다. 이에 저자들은 초기에 진단이 어려웠던 하악골에 발생된 low grade 골육종을 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.