Bone Tumors: Imaging Features of Common and Rare Benign Entities

Ali M Naraghi; Rakesh Mohankumar; Dorota Linda; Lawrence M White

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2021.11.002

Bone Tumors: Imaging Features of Common and Rare Benign Entities

Radiol Clin North Am. 2022 Mar;60(2):205-219. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2021.11.002. Epub 2022 Jan 31.

Authors

Ali M Naraghi¹, Rakesh Mohankumar¹, Dorota Linda², Lawrence M White³

Affiliations

¹ Toronto Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada.
² Toronto Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medical Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada.
³ Toronto Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medical Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada. Electronic address: lawrence.white@uhn.ca.

PMID: 35236589
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2021.11.002

Abstract

Benign primary bone tumors are far more common than their malignant counterpart and are encountered in everyday practice. Imaging plays a crucial role in recognition of the nonaggressive nature of these lesions, determining the need for further imaging or follow-up. This article reviews the clinical, demographic, and radiological features of some of the more common entities classified as benign or intermediate (locally aggressive) according to the World Health Organization classification of bone tumors.

Keywords: Benign bone tumors; Chondrogenic tumors; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mesenchymal tumors of bone; Osteogenic tumors; Radiography.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bone Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Diagnostic Imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Radiography
Soft Tissue Neoplasms*