TY - JOUR
T1 - Musculoskeletal “don’t touch” lesions
T2 - Pictorial essay
AU - Fonseca, Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes
AU - e Castro, Adham do Amaral
AU - Kubo, Rafael Seiji
AU - Miranda, Frederico Celestino
AU - Taneja, Atul Kumar
AU - Santos, Durval do Carmo Barros
AU - Rosemberg, Laércio Alberto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Focal bone lesions are not uncommon findings in the daily practice of radiology. Therefore, it is essential to differentiate between lesions with aggressive, malignant potential that require action and those that have no clinical significance, many of which are variants or benign lesions, sometimes self-limited and related to reactive processes. In some cases, a diagnostic error can have catastrophic results. For example, a biopsy performed in a patient with myositis ossificans can lead to an incorrect diagnosis of sarcomatous lesions and consequently to mutilating surgical procedures. The present study reviews the main radiological aspects of the lesions that are most commonly seen in daily practice and have the potential to be confused with aggressive, malignant bone processes. We also illustrate these entities by presenting cases seen at our institution.
AB - Focal bone lesions are not uncommon findings in the daily practice of radiology. Therefore, it is essential to differentiate between lesions with aggressive, malignant potential that require action and those that have no clinical significance, many of which are variants or benign lesions, sometimes self-limited and related to reactive processes. In some cases, a diagnostic error can have catastrophic results. For example, a biopsy performed in a patient with myositis ossificans can lead to an incorrect diagnosis of sarcomatous lesions and consequently to mutilating surgical procedures. The present study reviews the main radiological aspects of the lesions that are most commonly seen in daily practice and have the potential to be confused with aggressive, malignant bone processes. We also illustrate these entities by presenting cases seen at our institution.
KW - Bone diseases
KW - Bone neoplasms
KW - Diagnostic imaging
KW - Muscular diseases
KW - Myositis ossificans
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U2 - 10.1590/0100-3984.2016.0225
DO - 10.1590/0100-3984.2016.0225
M3 - Article
C2 - 30804616
AN - SCOPUS:85063488718
SN - 0100-3984
VL - 52
SP - 48
EP - 53
JO - Radiologia Brasileira
JF - Radiologia Brasileira
IS - 1
ER -