Bone tumours and their radiological signs
Sunburst, Onion, Soap bubble
Allows a diagnosis from the radiograph before biopsy confirmation.
Signs are suggestive and overlap; histology is needed to confirm.
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Sunburst, Onion, Soap bubble. It helps you recall: Bone tumours and their radiological signs.
Osteosarcoma, also Codman triangle
Ewing sarcoma, layered periosteal reaction
Giant cell tumour at the epiphysis
Sunburst: Osteosarcoma, also Codman triangle; Onion: Ewing sarcoma, layered periosteal reaction; Soap bubble: Giant cell tumour at the epiphysis.
It belongs to Systemic pathology: bone and soft tissue in Pathology.
Signs are suggestive and overlap; histology is needed to confirm.
Allows a diagnosis from the radiograph before biopsy confirmation.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Pathology question about Systemic pathology: bone and soft tissue.
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