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Research from B. Jobke and colleagues provide new insights into osteoma

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 15th, 2009

According to recent research from Bremen, Germany, "We present a case that demonstrates possible pitfalls in planar scintigraphy for the purpose of screening for bone metastases with incidental osteomas."

"Tc-99m bone scans have a known high sensitivity for active osseous processes but little specificity for the type of lesion such as osteosclerotic or osteolytic metastases. The presented patient had a vulvar carcinoma with metastases to bone, an uncommon metastatic site in this primary malignancy," wrote B. Jobke and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "Although rare cases of active osteomas have been reported, incidental discovery of osteomas in...

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