Bone tumors

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 24 Nov 2022

There are a bewildering number of bone tumors with a wide variety of radiological appearances. For a formal and updated classification of bone tumors, see WHO classification of tumors of bone.

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Cases and figures

  • Figure 1: bone lesions below age 30
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  • Case 1: osteoma
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  • Figure 2: bone lesions above age 30
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  • Case 2: osteoid osteoma
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  • Case 3: osteoblastoma
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  • Case 4: enchondroma
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  • Case 5: Ollier disease
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  • Case 6: Maffucci syndrome
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  • Case 7: osteochondromas
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  • Case 8: chondroblastoma
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  • Case 9: chondromyxoid fibroma
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  • Case 10: chondrosarcoma
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  • Case 11: fibrous dysplasia
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  • Case 12: osteofibrous dysplasia
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  • Case 13: desmoplastic fibroma
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  • Case 14: undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
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  • Case 15: liposclerosing myxofibrous tumor
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  • Case 16: Langerhans cell histiocytosis
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  • Case 17: multiple myeloma
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  • Case 18: Ewing sarcoma
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  • Case 19: non-Hodgkin lymphoma of bone
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  • Case 20: simple bone cyst
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  • Case 21: aneurysmal bone cyst
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  • Case 22: giant cell tumor
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  • Case 23: intraosseous hemangioma
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  • Case 24: chordoma
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  • Case 25: intraosseous lipoma
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  • Case 26: Gorham disease
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  • Case 27: enostosis
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  • Case 28: osteopoikilosis
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  • Case 29: mastocytosis
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  • Case 30: myelofibrosis
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  • Case 31: ameloblastoma
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