Osteogenic sarcoma with marked cellular anaplasia and little or no osteoid formation may present major problems in histologic identification. The application of electron microscopy is demonstrated in a case of a poorly differentiated osteosarcoma of the tibia. Unequivocal electron microscopic diagnostic findings are described in relation to light microscopic data.
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