1. An unusual case of osteomyelitis of IV metacarpus mimicking osteosarcoma
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Umberto Prencipe, L. Favale, Ferdinando Marandino, and Carmine Zoccali
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Unusual case ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Osteomyelitis ,medicine.disease ,Radiological weapon ,Biopsy ,medicine ,Osteosarcoma ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Histopathology ,Radiology ,Metacarpus ,Differential diagnosis ,business - Abstract
The differential diagnosis of osteolytic lesions is very difficult because it is to be distinguish among tumoral masses, infective lesions and metabolic diseases that might have a similar imaging. To allow a correct therapy is often necessary to perform biopsy, histopathology and infectious test. We report an unusual case of non-specific osteomyelitis where all clinical and radiological aspects suggested a diagnosis of osteosarcoma.
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- 2008
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