Cases
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Solid periosteal reaction - hypertrophic osteoarthopathy

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 13 Jan 2021
71% complete
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Fibrous dysplasia in tibia

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 09 Jul 2011
83% complete
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Aneurysmal bone cyst of the calcaneus

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 30 May 2018
78% complete
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First metatarsophalangeal joint prosthesis loosening without infection

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 25 Mar 2017
79% complete
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Renal osteodystrophy - metabolic superscan

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Aug 2015
82% complete
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Medial tibial stress syndrome

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 20 Oct 2010
54% complete
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Giant cell tumor - femur

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 20 Oct 2010
45% complete
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Polyostotic Paget disease - sternal involvement

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Dec 2020
95% complete
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Superscan

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 08 Nov 2017
72% complete
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Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 09 Jul 2018
72% complete
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Sacral and parasymphyseal insufficiency fractures

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Jul 2019
89% complete
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Brown tumor

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 10 Nov 2010
75% complete
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Acute pyogenic osteomyelitis of the metatarsal

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 Dec 2013
88% complete
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Paget disease of the scapula

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Oct 2020
79% complete
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Eosinophilic granuloma - spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Feb 2010
82% complete
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Sacral mass

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Dec 2020
92% complete
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Osteosarcoma

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 19 Jul 2010
52% complete
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Osteochondroma - cervical spine

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Jan 2016
92% complete
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Calcaneal stress fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Oct 2010
62% complete
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Renal cell carcinoma metastasis

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Mar 2015
89% complete
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Renal osteodystrophy

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 09 Jan 2018
80% complete
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Metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 27 Nov 2020
95% complete
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Osteomyelitis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 23 Aug 2010
65% complete
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Ewing's sarcoma of scapula

Diagnosis certain
Published 31 May 2018
89% complete
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Skeletal eburnation and bone superscan in metastatic prostate cancer

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 28 Sep 2012
65% complete
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Aneurysmal bone cyst - radius

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 25 Mar 2009
62% complete
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Lung metastases from breast cancer

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Apr 2014
89% complete
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Distal femoral osteosarcoma with pathological fracture

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 13 Jan 2010
74% complete
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Thoracic endplate osteomyelitis/diskitis - false positive FDG PET scan

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 25 Jun 2012
68% complete
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Osteopoikilosis
Diagnosis certain
Published 21 Jan 2011
71% complete
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Ewing sarcoma - rib

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Dec 2018
89% complete
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Paget disease: with blade of grass sign

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Aug 2014
92% complete
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Alveolar soft part sarcoma - right leg

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Apr 2018
93% complete
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Erdheim-Chester disease with skeletal and lung involvement

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 07 Apr 2010
74% complete
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Shepherd crook deformity - polyostotic fibrous dysplasia

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 21 Mar 2020
79% complete
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Multiple myeloma - femur

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 20 Jan 2012
82% complete
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McCune-Albright syndrome - fibrous dysplasia

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 28 Apr 2010
77% complete
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Lumbar metastasis

Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Sep 2008
78% complete
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Eosinophilic granuloma - proximal femur

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Jan 2012
86% complete
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Erdheim-Chester disease

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Dec 2017
95% complete
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Paget disease

Diagnosis certain
Published 21 Oct 2016
89% complete
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Paget disease of the pelvis

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 Jun 2018
80% complete
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Paget disease - skull

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 11 Jan 2018
79% complete
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Polyostotic Paget disease

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Jan 2011
78% complete
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Paget disease

Diagnosis certain
Published 21 Oct 2015
84% complete
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Small bowel obstruction and polio of right leg

Diagnosis certain
Published 10 Feb 2015
92% complete
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Secondary chondrosarcoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 May 2009
100% complete
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Absent pedicle sign (breast cancer metastases)

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 26 Jun 2014
71% complete
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Fibrous dysplasia - polyostotic form

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Oct 2010
74% complete
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Bone metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Aug 2014
86% complete
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Solitary plasmacytoma of the bone

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Nov 2017
92% complete
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Chondromyxoid fibroma

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 05 Jul 2010
75% complete
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Bilateral tibial insufficiency fractures

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Jul 2016
86% complete
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Superscan due to metastatic prostate cancer

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Sep 2013
79% complete
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Avascular necrosis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 19 Nov 2015
75% complete
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Malignant carcinoid of the stomach with metastases

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 30 Jun 2013
71% complete
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Calcaneal stress fracture

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 May 2015
91% complete
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Osteomyelitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Jul 2020
94% complete
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Stress fracture

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 18 Jul 2020
79% complete
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Osteomyelitis - Tc99m MDP SPECT/CT

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Feb 2014
79% complete
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Prostate cancer skeletal metatases

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Jul 2020
91% complete
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Osteomyelitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 17 Jul 2020
94% complete
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Lytic metastasis

Diagnosis certain
Published 15 Jul 2020
91% complete
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Diffuse bone metastases - prostate cancer

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 15 Nov 2010
50% complete
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Prostate cancer metastases to the cervical spine

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 22 Aug 2011
53% complete
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Solitary bone metastasis - initial presentation of renal cell carcinoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Jun 2020
95% complete
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Paget disease of the pelvis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 21 Jun 2011
55% complete
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Paget disease of the sternum

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Jul 2011
68% complete
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Paget-like ankylosis of the sacroiliac joint

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 03 Apr 2012
62% complete
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Osteoblastic metastases

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Oct 2011
74% complete
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Osteoblastic bone metastases from breast cancer

Diagnosis certain
Published 07 May 2011
83% complete
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Fibrous dysplasia - polyostotic

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Nov 2009
63% complete
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Oncogenic osteomalacia secondary to phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Feb 2018
93% complete
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Intermetatarsal hypertrophic callus bridge with pseudarthrosis

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Nov 2011
71% complete
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Giant humeral enostosis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 29 May 2018
77% complete
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Brown fat uptake (FDG PET-CT)

Diagnosis certain
Published 14 May 2020
82% complete
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Thyroid cancer metastasis

Diagnosis certain
Published 27 Nov 2010
81% complete
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Spinous process metastasis in prostate cancer

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 08 Feb 2012
78% complete
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Distal radius giant cell tumor

Diagnosis certain
Published 10 Aug 2016
87% complete
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Chordoma - clivus

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Jan 2011
93% complete
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Prostate bone metastases

Diagnosis certain
Published 01 May 2020
92% complete
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Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 15 Jul 2011
61% complete
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Osteomyelitis/septic arthritis foot - diabetic

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Sep 2014
92% complete
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Brown tumor

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 27 Nov 2010
68% complete
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Posterior ankle impingement - os trigonum syndrome

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 19 Nov 2016
77% complete
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Bertolotti syndrome

Diagnosis certain
Published 03 Aug 2016
94% complete
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Paget disease of tibia

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 23 Mar 2019
69% complete
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Case
Skeletal metastases

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 07 Nov 2010
75% complete
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Active sacroiliitis

Diagnosis certain
Published 10 May 2012
68% complete
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Severe pectus excavatum (and bone metastases)

Diagnosis certain
Published 06 Jul 2014
77% complete
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Vertebral insufficiency fractures in severe osteoporosis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 04 Apr 2012
58% complete
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Non-accidental injury

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Aug 2010
82% complete
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Osteoid osteoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 11 Nov 2009
83% complete
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