Diaphyseal lesions
Last revised by Calum Worsley ◉ on 16 Oct 2020
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Jones J, Worsley C, Bilodeau L, et al. Diaphyseal lesions. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 31 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-8957
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11 Mar 2010, Jeremy Jones ◉
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Synonyms:
- Diaphyseal tumours
- Diaphyseal tumours and tumour like lesions
- Diaphyseal tumours and tumourlike lesions
Diaphyseal lesions are found centered in the diaphysis, the central tubular segment of long bones.
Differential diagnosis
- simple bone cyst
- fibrous dysplasia
- enchondroma
- metastases
- myeloma / plasmacytoma
- lymphoma
- osteomyelitis
- osteoid osteoma
- round cell tumor, e.g. Ewing sarcoma (children)
- bone infarct
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis
More uncommon diphyseal lesions include:
See also
- mnemonic (CEMENT)
- epiphyseal lesions
- metaphyseal lesions
Related articles: Bone tumours
The differential diagnosis for bone tumors is dependent on the age of the patient, with a very different set of differentials for the pediatric patient.
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bone tumors
- bone-forming tumors
- cartilage-forming tumors
- bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (Nora lesion)
- chondroblastoma
- chondromyxoid fibroma
- chondrosarcoma
- enchondroma
- juxtacortical chondroma
- osteochondroma
- fibrous bone lesions
- bone marrow tumors
- other bone tumors or tumor-like lesions
- adamantinoma
- aneurysmal bone cyst
- benign fibrous histiocytoma
- chordoma
- giant cell tumor of bone
- Gorham massive osteolysis
- hemangioendothelioma
- haemophilic pseudotumor
- intradiploic epidermoid cyst
- intraosseous lipoma
- musculoskeletal angiosarcoma
- musculoskeletal hemangiopericytoma
- primary intraosseous hemangioma
- post-traumatic cystic bone lesion
- simple bone cyst
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skeletal metastases
- morphology
- location
- impending fracture risk
- staging
- approach
- describing a bone lesion
- differentials