Bone Tumours

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Primaries

Secondaries

Most common

  • Thyroid
  • Breast
  • Bronchus
  • Renal 
  • Prostate
  • Haematological Malignancies

Investigations

X-ray

  • Benign
    • clear outline
    • sclerotic margin
    • no invasion
  • Malignant
    • ill-defined margin
    • lytic or sclerotic appearance
    • invasion into soft-tissue through cortex
    • invasion within bone
    • metastases to lung
  • Secondary
    • sites often
      • spine
      • ribs
      • pelvis
    • commonly from
      • breast
      • prostate
      • lung
      • kidney
      • thyroid
    • lytic lesions
      • thyroid
      • GI
      • kidney
      • neuroblastoma
    • blastic / sclerotic
      • prostate
      • breast
      • lung
      • stomach
 

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