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Long bone surface osteomas: imaging features that may help avoid unnecessary biopsies
R E Lambiase1, S M Levine, R M Terek
1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|September 2, 1998
Abstract
Objective:
Our purpose is to show that a combination of imaging techniques and periodic radiologic follow-up offers an alternative to biopsy in certain patients with long bone surface osteomas.
Conclusion:
Asymptomatic lesions that are consistent with osteoma on a combination of imaging studies can be followed up clinically and radiographically, allowing patients to avoid unnecessary biopsies.