Bony metastases: Difference between revisions

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 == Differential Diagnosis ==
-* Osteoblastic lesions
+* Osteoblastic (sclerotic) lesions, with deposition of new bone
-** [[Prostate cancer]]
+**[[Prostate cancer]]
 ** [[Carcinoid tumour]]
 ** [[Small cell lung cancer]]
 ** [[Hodgkin lymphoma]]
+** [[Medulloblastoma]]
-* Osteolytic lesions
+* Osteolytic lesions, with destruction of normal bone
-** [[Renal cell carcinoma]]
+**[[Renal cell carcinoma]]
 ** [[Melanoma]]
 ** [[Multiple myeloma]]
 ** [[Thyroid cancer]]
 ** [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]
+** [[Non-small cell lung cancer]]
+** [[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]]
 * Mixed lesions
-** [[Breast cancer]]
+**[[Breast cancer]], though it is predominantly osteolytic
 ** [[Colorectal cancer]] and other gastrointestinal cancers
 ** [[Squamous cell cancer]]
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 * [[Denosumab]] at high dose
 * [[Bisphosphonate]]
+== Further Reading ==
+* Bone Metastases: An Overview. ''Oncol Rev''. 2017 Mar 3; 11(1): 321. doi: [https://doi.org/10.4081/oncol.2017.321 10.4081/oncol.2017.321]
 [[Category:Oncology]]