Long bone surface osteomas: imaging features that may help avoid unnecessary biopsies

Our purpose is to show that a combination of imaging techniques and periodic radiologic follow-up offers an alternative to biopsy in certain patients with long bone surface osteomas. Asymptomatic lesions that are consistent with osteoma on a combination of imaging studies can be followed up clinical...

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Published inAmerican journal of roentgenology (1976) Vol. 171; no. 3; pp. 775 - 778
Main Authors Lambiase, RE, Levine, SM, Terek, RM, Wyman, JJ
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Leesburg, VA Am Roentgen Ray Soc 01.09.1998
American Roentgen Ray Society
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Osteoarticular system. Muscles
Osteoma - diagnosis
Osteosarcoma, Juxtacortical - diagnosis
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton
Human
Radiography
Evaluation
Radiodiagnosis
Surveillance
Indication
Osteoma
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Diagnosis
Long bone
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Summary:Our purpose is to show that a combination of imaging techniques and periodic radiologic follow-up offers an alternative to biopsy in certain patients with long bone surface osteomas. Asymptomatic lesions that are consistent with osteoma on a combination of imaging studies can be followed up clinically and radiographically, allowing patients to avoid unnecessary biopsies.
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ISSN:0361-803X
1546-3141
DOI:10.2214/ajr.171.3.9725315