Leave alone lesions - skeletal

Last revised by Mohamed Basiony on 23 Feb 2024

Skeletal leave alone lesions, also called “do not touch” lesions, are so characteristic radiographically, that further diagnostic tests such as a biopsy are unnecessary and can be frankly misleading and lead to additional unnecessary surgery. Thus a radiologic diagnosis should be made without a list of differential possibilities.

Classification

These lesions can be classified into three categories - post-traumatic lesions, normal variants, and lesions that are real but obviously benign.

Post-traumatic lesions
Normal variants
Lesions that are real but obviously benign

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