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Is it cancer or not?

MJ Johnson

Hunters Hill Marie Curie Centre, Glasgow

JS Adam

Hunters Hill Marie Curie Centre, Glasgow

Two cases are reviewed in whom a positive bone scan led to a diagnosis of metastatic bone disease and hospice referral. One of these was subsequently shown on magnetic resonance image (MRI) scanning to have benign metabolic bone disease; in the other, a repeat bone scan 18 months later confirmed benign pathology.

The potential impact on patient and family in these situations is considerable and the usefulness of MRI in distinguishing benign from malignant bone disease is discussed.

Key Words: bone neoplasms • diagnosis • differential magnetic resonance imaging • radionuclide imaging

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 11, No. 3, 245-248 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/026921639701100310
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