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Malignant Neoplasia of Bone Flashcards

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Primary malignant neoplasia of bone tissues account for ___% of all bone malignancy in the U.S.

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<30%

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What are the most common primary malignancies of bone?

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Bone forming tumors: osteosarcoma
Cartilage forming tumors: chondrosarcoma
Tumors of other origin: Ewing sarcoma, multiple myeloma

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Secondary malignant neoplasia of bone tissues accounts for ___% of all bone malignancy in the U.S.

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70%

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What would secondary malignant neoplasia of bone tissues be secondary to?

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Metastatic disease

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Osteosarcoma accounts for ___% of primary bone cancers

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20%

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What is the most common primary bone tumor in children?

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Primary osteosarcoma (75% in individuals younger than 20 years)

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What kind of osteosarcoma is more common in older adults with predisposing conditions such as Paget’s, previous radiation therapy, or bone infarcts?

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Secondary osteosarcoma

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Which bones are most commonly affected by primary osteosarcoma?

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Metaphyseal region of long bones; knee accounts for 50% of cases

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Which bones are most commonly affected by secondary osteosarcoma?

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Flat bones

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Which genes are mutated in the pathogenesis of osteosarcoma?

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Tumor suppressor and oncogenes:

  • RB
  • TP53
  • INK4a
  • MDM2 and CDK4
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osteosarcoma

What is the RB gene?

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Tumor suppressor gene; negative regulator of cell cycle

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osteosarcoma

What is the TP53 gene?

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Tumor suppressor gene; encodes p53 which plays an important role in promoting DNA repair and apoptosis of damaged cells

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osteosarcoma

What is the INK4a gene?

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Gene that encodes 2 tumor suppressors (p16 and p14)

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osteosarcoma

What are the MDM2 and CDK4 genes?

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Inhibit p53 and RB function; overexpressed in many osteosarcomas

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Is osteosarcoma blastic or lytic?

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Mixed blastic and lytic mass; formation of bone by tumor is diagnostic in biopsy

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Osteosarcoma features ___ margins

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irregular

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How might periosteum be affected by osteosarcoma?

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May lift or penetrate periosteum; reactive bone formation

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Does osteosarcoma invade other tissues?

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Yes, frequently metastasizes to the lung, brain, or other bones

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What is the 5-year survival rate for osteosarcoma?

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60%

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What are clinical manifestations of osteosarcoma?

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  • Pain and swelling around the site of the tumor
  • Possibly palpable tumor
  • Pathological fracture
  • Abnormal labs
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What abnormal lab findings are present with osteosarcoma?

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  • Increased ESR/C-reactive protein
  • Increased alkaline phosphatase
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If the following radiographic characteristics are found, what is suspected?

  • Pathological fracture
  • Radiopaque mass with spiculated pattern
  • Periosteal lifting/disruption in Codman’s triangle pattern
  • Long zone of transition
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Osteosarcoma

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What are the radiographic characteristics of osteosarcoma?

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  • Pathological fracture
  • Radiopaque mass with spiculated pattern
  • Periosteal lifting/disruption in Codman’s triangle pattern
  • Long zone of transition
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What is a malignant bone forming tumor?

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Osteosarcoma; produces unmineralized osteoid or mineralized woven bone

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What is a malignant cartilage forming tumor?

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Chondrosarcoma

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Chondrosarcomas are subclassified by ___

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tissue and location

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The conventional type of chondrosarcoma is most common
What cartilage is produced by this cancer?

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Hyaline cartilage

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What are the classifications of chondrosarcoma by location?

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  • Central (intramedullary)
  • Juxtacortical (peripheral)
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At what rate do chondosarcomas grow?

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Very slow growing

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What histological differences can be found in chondrosarcoma?

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  • Malignant chondrocytes
  • Necrosis
  • Hemorrhage
  • Stippled calcifications
  • Cystic change
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What are common bone locations for chondrosarcoma?

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  • Pelvis
  • Ribs
  • Long bones (especially femur and humerus)
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At what ages are most chondrosarcomas diagnosed?

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40-60 years of age
(exception: clear and mesenchymal subtypes in teens or 20s)

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What is the distribution of chondrosarcoma among sexes?

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Male > Female (2:1)

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Where is chondrosarcoma most likely to metastasize?

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  • Lungs
  • Liver
  • Kidneys
  • Brain
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Depending upon differentiation, what is the 5-year survival rate for chondrosarcoma?

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What are the clinical manifestations of chondrosarcoma?

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  • Insidious onset; up to 2 years
  • Pain at affected site
  • Possible palpable soft tissue mass
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If the following radiographic findings are present, what is suspected?

  • Localized bone destruction
  • Poorly-defined borders with cortex perforation
  • Radiopacities due to calcification or endochondral ossification
  • Soft tissue masses may be visible
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Chondrosarcoma

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What are the radiographic findings of chondrosarcoma?

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  • Localized bone destruction
  • Poorly-defined borders with cortex perforation
  • Radiopacities due to calcification or endochondral ossification
  • Soft tissue masses may be visible
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Drug and radiation therapy are ___ effective in treating chondrosarcomas than other malignant bone tumors

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less
(cartilage isn’t well vascularized)

40
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What is a cause of malignant tumors of bone marrow cells?

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Multiple myeloma

41
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What is the most common primary malignant bone tumor?

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Multiple myeloma

42
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What is the average age of diagnosis for multiple myeloma?

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65 years of age (50-70)

43
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What is the distribution of multiple myeloma among sexes?

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Male > Female (2:1)

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What is the etiology of multiple myeloma?

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Myeloma cells secrete ___ that recruit ___

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cytokines that recruit osteoclasts

46
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What type of bone lesions, lytic or blastic, are produced by multiple myeloma cytokine secretion?

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Lytic bone lesions (osteoclasts recruited)

47
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What is the size of multiple myeloma lesions?

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Multiple 1-5mm lesions

48
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Which bones are most frequently affected by multiple myeloma?

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  • Skull
  • Spine
  • Ribs
  • Pelvis
  • Femur
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Histologically, multiple myeloma lesions consist of ___

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sheets of plasma cells with varying degrees of differentiation

50
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Which cardinal signs of inflammation are present in multiple myeloma?

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Lack of cardinal signs

51
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What are some clinical manifestations of multiple myeloma?

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  • Weight loss, cachexia (muscle loss, fat retained)
  • Pain
  • Hypercalcemia
  • Anemia
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What sort of pain presents with multiple myeloma?

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  • Often intermittent, becomes continuous
  • Possible rapid onset following slight strain or mild trauma
  • Worse during day, aggravated by activity and weight bearing
53
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A patient reports the following about their pain:

  • Rapid onset following slight strain or mild trauma
  • At first, intermittent, then continuous
  • Worse during day
  • Aggravated by activity and weight bearing

Which malignant bone tumor is suspected?

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Multiple myeloma

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___ is seen in 10% of patients with multiple myeloma

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Amyloidosis (amyloid deposits)

55
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How does multiple myeloma present radiographically?

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  • Punched out lesions
  • Rain drop skull
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If a patient has production of serum and urinary proteins called Bence-Jones proteins, which malignant bone tumor is suspected?

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Multiple myeloma

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There is overproduction of ___ in 95% of multiple myeloma patients

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immunoglobulins

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Multiple myeloma may cause production of serum and urinary proteins called Bence-Jones proteins.
What may be the result of this?

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Renal failure

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What are treatment options for multiple myeloma?

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Treatment options are still very poor

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What is the average survival rate for multiple myeloma?
What is the common cause of death?

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Average survival rate of 5 years
Infection or renal failure are common causes of death

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What is a malignant tumor of neuroectodermal cells?

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Ewing sarcoma

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What is the second most common primary bone tumor in children accounting for up to 10% of primary bone tumors?

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Ewing sarcoma

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80% of Ewing sarcomas are diagnosed in individuals ___ years of age

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<20 years of age

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What is the distribution of Ewing sarcoma among sexes?

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Males > Females (2:1)

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What is the etiology of Ewing sarcoma?

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Still poorly understood; 90% of cases show translocation between chromosomes 11 and 22

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If histology presents as follows, what is suspected?

  • Closely packed, small, round cells without obvious differentiation
  • Arranged in uniform sheets
  • Cells have little cytoplasm
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Ewing sarcoma

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What is the histology of Ewing sarcoma?

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  • Primitive neuroectodermal cells
  • Closely packed, small, round cells, without obvious differentiation
  • Arranged in uniform sheets
  • Cells have little cytoplasm
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___% of Ewing sarcoma cases are extraskeletal

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Ewing sarcoma arises in ___ and grows ___

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arises in medullary cavity and grows outward

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Which bones are commonly affected by Ewing sarcoma?

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Femur, other long bones, and pelvis
(Mid-diaphysis of long bones)

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If a patient presents with the following, which malignant bone tumor is suspected?

  • Deep boring pain in enlarging masses
  • Tender, warm, and or swollen site
  • Mimicking infection: fever, increased ESR, leukocytosis
  • Unexplained weight loss
  • Weakness
  • Anemia
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Ewing sarcoma

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What are some clinical manifestations of Ewing sarcoma?

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  • Deep boring pain in enlarging masses
  • Tender, warm, and or swollen site
  • Mimicking infection: fever, increased ESR, leukocytosis
  • Unexplained weight loss
  • Weakness
  • Anemia
73
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What are some treatments for Ewing sarcoma?
What is the 5-year survival rate?

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Chemotherapy, radiation, and limb-sparing surgery
60-75% 5-year survival rate

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If the following radiographic characteristics are present, which malignant bone tumor is suspected?

  • Permeative lytic destruction
  • Long zone of transition
  • Cortical disruption
  • Laminated or spiculated periosteal response
  • May extend into soft tissue
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Ewing sarcoma

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What are the radiographic characteristics of Ewing sarcoma?

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  • Permeative lytic destruction
  • Long zone of transition
  • Cortical disruption
  • Laminated or spiculated periosteal response
  • May extend into soft tissue
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Metastatic bone disease is also known as ___

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secondary bone tumors

77
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What is the most common malignant tumor of bone?

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Secondary bone tumors (metastatic)

78
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Metastatic bone tumors have most commonly metastasized from:

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  • breast
  • prostate
  • kidney
  • lungs
79
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Which components of the skeletal system are the most common sites of metastasis/metastatic tumors?

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  • Vertebrae
  • Pelvis
  • Ribs
  • Skull
  • Sternum
80
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What are some clinical manifestations of metastatic bone tumors?

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  • Unexplained weight loss
  • Anemia
  • Possible fever with late-stage disease
  • Abnormal labs
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How do metastatic bone tumors present radiographically?

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Osteoblastic, osteolytic, or mixed

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