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''' | '''Chondro-osseous tumours''' occasionally cross the desk of the pathologist. They are grouped together as [[bone]] may develop from [[cartilage]]. | ||
Bone tumours occasionally are lumped with soft tissue tumours. Soft tissue tumours are dealt with in the ''[[soft tissue lesions]]'' article. An introduction to bone is found in the ''[[bone]]'' article. | Primary bone tumours are rare; the most common bone tumour is metastases.<ref name=Ref_WMSP632>{{Ref WMSP|632}}</ref> | ||
Bone tumours occasionally are lumped with soft tissue tumours. Soft tissue tumours are dealt with in the ''[[soft tissue lesions]]'' article. An introduction to bone is found in the ''[[bone]]'' article. An introduction to cartilage is found in the ''[[cartilage]]'' article. | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
*Diagnosis should not be made without radiologic & clinical information | *Diagnosis of a primary bone tumour should not be made without radiologic & clinical information! | ||
*Metastasis:primary bone tumours = >20:1.<ref name=Ref_WMSP632>{{Ref WMSP|632}}</ref> | *Metastasis:primary bone tumours = >20:1.<ref name=Ref_WMSP632>{{Ref WMSP|632}}</ref> | ||