Solitary ill-defined osteolytic lesion (differential)
Last revised by Daniel J Bell ◉ on 21 Jun 2021
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Mudgal P, Bell D, Murphy A, et al. Solitary ill-defined osteolytic lesion (differential). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 26 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-27009
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17 Jan 2014, Prashant Mudgal
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- Ill defined lytic lesions
- Lytic lesions in bone
- Differential diagnosis of a solitary ill defined osteolytic lesions
Ill-defined solitary osteolytic lesions can be caused by following entities 1:
- intraosseous hemangioma
- chondroblastoma
- osteoblastoma
- giant cell tumor
- fibrosarcoma of bone
- malignant fibrous histiocytoma
- chondrosarcoma
- osteosarcoma
- Ewing sarcoma
- angiosarcoma
- multiple myeloma
- bone metastasis
- bone lymphoma
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis
- haemophilic pseudotumor
- osteonecrosis (bone infarct)
- osteomyelitis
- skeletal sarcoidosis
References
- 1. Burgener FA, Kormano M, Pudas T. Differential Diagnosis in Conventional Radiology. Thieme. (2008) ISBN:1588902757. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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