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Aggressive posttraumatic osteoporosis of the humerus simulating a malignant neoplasm
S V Kattapuram1, J S Khurana, S Ehara
1Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
Cancer
|December 15, 1988
Abstract:
Eleven patients with an unusual, moth-eaten, destructive lesion in the humerus simulating a malignant neoplasm are presented. The radiographic changes developed over an extended period after trauma. This pattern of posttraumatic osteoporosis can easily be mistaken for a malignancy. An awareness of the entity helps one to make the correct diagnosis. Also, certain helpful hints are pointed out.