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Malignant bone tumors are rare. The lack of familiarity on a day to day basis and the need to utilize clinical and imaging information in their diagnosis and management creates a feeling of difficulty in the team involved with their management including pathologists, radiologists and surgeons. The following discussion lists the most important lesions and their salient radiological and pathological features.
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Khurana, J.S., McCarthy, E.F. (2010). Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Bone. In: Essentials in Bone and Soft-Tissue Pathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89845-2_6
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