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There are no data regarding epidemiology of pseudotumoral and benign bone lesions. Most are incidental findings during examinations for other conditions. As for soft tissue lesions, it is generally accepted that benign conditions are 100 times more frequent than malignant primary bone tumors.
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Picci, P. (2014). Epidemiology. In: Picci, P., Manfrini, M., Fabbri, N., Gambarotti, M., Vanel, D. (eds) Atlas of Musculoskeletal Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01748-8_1
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