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Book cover Imaging of Bone Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions

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Key Points

• Multiple percutaneous therapies are available for the treatment of both benign and malignant bone neoplasms.

• Thermal ablation is the procedure of choice for the treatment of osteoid osteoma and is increasingly being used for chondroblastoma.

• Palliative thermal ablation of metastatic disease can be performed for pain relief.

• Spinal cementoplasty incorporates both vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty. The aim of treatment is to provide pain relief and prevent further collapse.

• Cementoplasty can be performed in the pelvis for pain relief in metastatic disease.

• Vascular embolization can be undertaken either pre-operatively to reduce the risk of intraoperative haemorrhage or for symptomatic control in patients with metastatic disease.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol Road South, Northfield, B31 2AP, Birmingham, UK

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  1. MRI Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol Road South, Northfield, B31 2AP, Birmingham, UK

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  2. Section of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Imaging Institute, Diagnostic Radiology/A21, School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave., 44195, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Murali Sundaram

  3. Imaging Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol Road South, Northfield, B31 2AP, Birmingham, UK

    Steven L. J. James

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James, S. (2009). Interventional Techniques. In: Davies, A., Sundaram, M., James, S. (eds) Imaging of Bone Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77984-1_6

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