Metastatic Disease
A 68-year-old woman with known breast cancer presents with progressive right thigh pain worse at night and with weight-bearing. Radiographs show a 4cm lytic lesion in the proximal femoral diaphysis with 60% cortical destruction. She has no other symptoms. Regarding bone metastases:
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The most common primary cancers metastasizing to bone are breast, prostate, lung, kidney, and thyroi...
Metastatic lesions can be lytic (bone destruction), blastic (bone formation), or mixed; renal and th...
Bone metastases below the knee and elbow are common; a solitary bone lesion in a patient with unknow...
The Mirels scoring system predicts pathological fracture risk based on site (upper limb, lower limb,...
Surgical treatment of metastatic bone disease aims to provide pain relief, restore function, and mai...
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