Osteolytic lesion

Osteolytic lesion

Soft spot or hole in bone caused by cancer cells.
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well defined osteolytic lesion in the body of the sternum (Figure 4).
PLEURAL EFFUSION CAUSED BY POLYOSTOTIC FIBROUS DYSPLASIA INVOLVING THE RIBS, THE STERNUM AND THE THORACIC SPINE ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE CYSTIC DEGENERATIONS--A CASE REPORT/PLEURALNA EFUZIJA PROUZROKOVANA POLIOSTOTSKOM FIBROZNOM DISPLAZIJOM SA ZAHVATANJEM REBARA, STERNUMA I TORAKALNE KICME PRACENA MULTIPLOM CISTICNOM DEGENERACIJOM--PRIKAZ SLUCAJA
X-ray images of his hands revealed a massive and aggressive osteolytic lesion with cortical expansion, that destroys the fifth metacarpal (Figure 1).
Acrometastasis as the first manifestation of lung carcinoma
On standard X-ray, bone involvement appears as an osteolytic lesion. Visceral involvement (i.e.
A rare case of neonatal-onset infantile myofibromatosis with metastatic recurrence in adulthood
Additionally, every patient underwent physical examination by the referring clinician in order to verify the painful extraspinal osteolytic lesion or vertebral level(s).
CT fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous osteoplasty with or without radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of painful extraspinal and spinal bone metastases: technical outcome and complications in 29 patients
The elbow radiograph showed an expansile osteolytic lesion with surrounding sclerosis and a narrow zone of transition in the proximal metaphysis of the right ulna.
Proximal Ulna: A Rare Location for Solitary Intraosseous Hemangioma
Further intraoral periapical imaging confirmed the presence of the osteolytic lesion and a knife edge root resorption of the distal root of #37.
Odontogenic Cutaneous Fistula: A Cause of Persistent Cervical Discharge
If lesions progressed in the period of follow-up or osteolytic lesion changed to osteoblastic lesion during treatment, they were determined as bone metastases [16].
Comparison of [sup.18]F-NaF PET/CT and [sup.18]F-FDG PET/CT for Detection of Skull-Base Invasion and Osseous Metastases in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Panoramic radiograph revealed a well-defined arc-shaped osteolytic lesion with noncorticated borders extending from the distal aspect of mandibular left first molar to anterior border of ascending ramus.
Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity: A Diagnostic Dilemma
An anteroposterior plain radiograph revealed the osteolytic lesion surrounding by the bone sclerotic lesion in the lateral femoral condyle (Figures 1(a) and 1(b)).
Arthroscopic Resection for Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma in the Epiphysis of the Femur
Four months from symptom onset, the osteolytic lesion was undetectable with MRI.
Osteomyelitis in Cat-Scratch Disease: A Never-Ending Dilemma--A Case Report and Literature Review
Osteolytic lesion in the thoracic vertebrae also obvious.
Left Functional Pneumonectomy Caused by a Very Rare Giant Intrathoracic Cystic Lesion in a Patient with Gorham-Stout Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature
(4) Aneurysmal bone cyst is an expansile, multilocular, osteolytic lesion with blood-filled spaces separated by fibrous septa containing multinucleated giant cells and peripheral reactive bone.
Recurrent Psammomatoid Juvenile Ossifying Fibroma with Aneurysmal Bone Cyst: An Unusual Case Presentation

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