This document discusses several cases of patients presenting with bone lesions. The lesions were initially suspected to be metastatic cancers but were later determined to be other benign conditions in some cases. The document describes patient histories, imaging findings, biopsy results and surgical treatments for various bone tumors and tumor-like conditions.
54. Case #1137 CT scan
blood
91 year female with aneurysmal pseudotumor of sternum thought
to be metastatic renal or thyroid met; instead an aortic aneurysm
55. Case #1138
70 year male with metastatic blastic prostate R hemipelvis
149. Post op bipolar prosthesis
because surgeon thought
patient had metastatic
disease when in fact the
femoral lesion and the
rib fracture are osteoporotic
pseudotumors
150. Case #1169.1 Stress fractures
43 yr female on steroids for lupus with bilat hip pain for 6 months