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Bone Cancer
Reports outline bone cancer research from S. Shimose and colleagues
November 25th, 2008
According to recent research from Japan, "Hematogenous osteomyelitis is often difficult to distinguish from a bone tumor because clinical findings are noncontributory and radiological features can mimic a bone tumor. Recently, the penumbra sign, a higher signal intensity feature of the thin layer of granulation tissue which lines the abscess cavity on T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images, has been reported to be helpful for discriminating subacute osteomyelitis." "To determine helpful findings for distinguishing osteomyelitis from bone tumors. The laboratory and imaging findings of a consecutive series of 244 patients referred to our institution with a suspected...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-11-25)
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