Primary lesions of the hyoid bone are exceedingly rare. Reported malignant lesions include chondrosarcoma, plasmacytoma, and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, and benign masses include aneurysmal bone cysts, chondromas, and osteomas.1 Because all of these diagnoses present as a mass in the neck, differentiation between them is difficult. We report the first case in the English literature of a primary osteosarcoma (OS) of the hyoid bone.
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