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 tumours
+** [[Carcinoid tumour]]
-** Small cell lung cancer
+** [[Small cell lung cancer]]
-** Hodgkin lymphoma
+** [[Hodgkin lymphoma]]
+** [[Medulloblastoma]]
-* Osteolytic lesions
+* Osteolytic lesions, with destruction of normal bone
-** Renal cell carcinoma
+**[[Renal cell carcinoma]]
-** Melanoma
+** [[Melanoma]]
-** Multiple myeloma
+** [[Multiple myeloma]]
-** Thyroid cancer
+** [[Thyroid cancer]]
-** Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
+** [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]
+** [[Non-small cell lung cancer]]
+** [[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]]
+** [[Lytic bone lesion|Non-malignant causes of lytic bone lesions]]
 * Mixed lesions
-** Breast cancer
+**[[Breast cancer]], though it is predominantly osteolytic
-** Colorectal and other gastrointestinal cancers
+** [[Colorectal cancer]] and other gastrointestinal cancers
-** Squamous cell cancers
+** [[Squamous cell cancer]]
 == Management ==
-* Denosumab at high dose
+* [[Denosumab]] at high dose
+* [[Bisphosphonate]]
-* Bisphosphonates
+== 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]]