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'''Sclerotic metastasis''' refers the imaging appearance of [[metastatic disease]]. Sclerotic metastases are less common than lytic metastases. | '''Sclerotic metastasis''' refers the imaging appearance of [[metastatic disease]]. Sclerotic metastases are less common than [[lytic metastases]]. | ||
The classic sclerotic metastases are:<ref>URL: [http://www.svuhradiology.ie/case-study/lytic-bone-metastasis/ http://www.svuhradiology.ie/case-study/lytic-bone-metastasis/]. Accessed on: 2023 January 3.</ref> | The classic sclerotic metastases are:<ref>URL: [http://www.svuhradiology.ie/case-study/lytic-bone-metastasis/ http://www.svuhradiology.ie/case-study/lytic-bone-metastasis/]. Accessed on: 2023 January 3.</ref> | ||
*Breast cancer. | *Breast cancer. | ||
*Prostate cancer. | *Prostate cancer. | ||
Sclerotic bone lesions which are not strictly metastases can also be seen in: | |||
*[[Systemic mastocytosis]] | |||
*Certain forms of [[myeloma]] (e.g. so-called "osteosclerotic" myeloma in [[POEMS syndrome]]) | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[ | *[[Lytic metastasis]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:19, 6 January 2023
Sclerotic metastasis refers the imaging appearance of metastatic disease. Sclerotic metastases are less common than lytic metastases.
The classic sclerotic metastases are:[1]
- Breast cancer.
- Prostate cancer.
Sclerotic bone lesions which are not strictly metastases can also be seen in:
- Systemic mastocytosis
- Certain forms of myeloma (e.g. so-called "osteosclerotic" myeloma in POEMS syndrome)
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.svuhradiology.ie/case-study/lytic-bone-metastasis/. Accessed on: 2023 January 3.