Skull showing a sarcoma

Object numberGC.13262
TitleSkull showing a sarcoma
DescriptionA skull cap showing a heaped up mass of new bone occupying a large circular area of the outer table in the middle of the vertex. The new bone has a honeycomb-like structure, with that arrangement of the trabeculae at right angles to the surface of the old bone which is characteristic of the bony framework of malignant tumours.
Object nameBONE, skull
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
Dimensions
- Jar Height: 19.2 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Depth: 11.9 cm