Abstract
Osteosarcoma is the most common pediatric primary bone malignancy with metastatic disease to lung and bone suggesting poor prognosis. Bone scan with SPECT/CT is useful and is widely used for primary diagnosis and staging.
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Agrawal, K., Patro, P.S.S. (2023). Osteosarcoma: A Malignant Bone Tumor. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_260
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