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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
*Pain and edema over a joint near a long bone (usually around the knee) | |||
**Classically in a young female adult | |||
*Can present as a pathological fracture | |||
*Nearly all present with just a single tumor site | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 22:45, 21 November 2019
Background
- Benign tumor that is locally aggressive causing osteolytic destruction
- Although classified as benign lesions, metastasis does occur in a small percentage of patients, typically to lungs
- These are known as benign pulmonary implants as they do not carry the same poor prognostic implication as lung metastasis from other malignancies
- 3 to 5 percent of all primary bone tumors
- Around 20 percent in the Chinese population
- Increased incidence in patients who have been diagnosed with Paget disease of the bone
Clinical Features
- Pain and edema over a joint near a long bone (usually around the knee)
- Classically in a young female adult
- Can present as a pathological fracture
- Nearly all present with just a single tumor site