However, there is no consensus in the guidelines or literature as to which types of long bone metastasis benefit from preoperative embolization in order to reduce blood loss. The primary aim of this systematic review was to identify long bone metastases
Stijn E. W. Geraets, P. Koen Bos, and Johan van der Stok
Catalin Cirstoiu, Bogdan Cretu, Sergiu Iordache, Mihnea Popa, Bogdan Serban, and Adrian Cursaru
bone metastases are in the breast, prostate, lung, kidney, and thyroid. The evolution of a bone metastasis depends on the affected bone type and its location. The most common sites of bone metastases are the spine, proximal femur, pelvis, ribs, and
Miklós Szendrői, Imre Antal, Attila Szendrői, Áron Lazáry, and Péter Pál Varga
study, 19 age, gender, method of surgical fixation and location in different long bones did not play a significant role. The highest ratio of solitary metastases, 38.8%, was observed in the Scandinavian Skeletal Metastasis Registry (n = 1195
Sakae Tanaka
of cancer, infection, cardiovascular disease, delayed fracture healing, hypocalcaemia, or osteonecrosis of the jaw. In addition to its anti-osteoporotic function, denosumab prevents skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastasis from solid
Julie J. Willeumier, Yvette M. van der Linden, Michiel A.J. van de Sande, and P.D. Sander Dijkstra
for an impending fracture, and an intramedullary nail with cement in the lesion or a DF-MTP should be considered. Fig. 6 Patient with solitary bone metastasis from non small cell lung carcinoma (diagnosed and treated 4.5 years ago). Metastasis of
Elisa Pala, Alberto Procura, Giulia Trovarelli, Antonio Berizzi, and Pietro Ruggieri
parameters to consider when approaching a patient with bone metastasis, such as age, performance status, number and site of metastases, the free interval of disease, histotypes of the primary tumor, and expected survival ( 2 , 3 ). The treatment of long bone
Olga D. Savvidou, Panagiotis Koutsouradis, George D. Chloros, Ioannis Papanastasiou, Thomas Sarlikiotis, Aggelos Kaspiris, and Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos
Introduction Bone tumours around the elbow are rare and their incidence is approximately 1%. 1 The literature regarding primary bone tumours of the elbow is sparse, with only two case series consisting of 75 patients and 25 patients
G. Ulrich Exner, Michael O. Kurrer, Nadja Mamisch-Saupe, and Stephen R. Cannon
: Does the lesion have its origin in the bone (primary bone tumour) or is it a metastasis? Could the lesion be an expression of an underlying metabolic disease (Brown tumour caused by hyperparathyroidism) or could the process itself be causing a
Olga Savvidou, Olympia Papakonstantinou, Eleftheria Lakiotaki, Ioannis Zafeiris, Dimitra Melissaridou, Pinelopi Korkolopoulou, and Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos
, 17 medullary involvement 17 , 36 or lung metastasis. 11 The prognosis of PAO is better compared to other surface bone sarcomas and conventional osteosarcoma, with metastasis and recurrence occurring in rare cases. 10 , 38 Periosteal
Ajay Puri
imaging (MRI) of the involved region, computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest and a bone scan. Considering the extreme rarity of isolated skeletal metastasis in chondrosarcoma, recent studies have questioned the need for a bone scan in all