Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Differential Diagnosis of Saucerization of Bone

Saucerization is the excavation of the outer cortical margin of long tubular bones that can be seen with:
  • Soft-tissue masses
    -fibrosarcoma
    -rhabdomyosancoma
  • Ewing sarcoma
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Aneurysm
  • Pigmented villonodular synovitis
  • Foreign body granuloma
  • Osteomyelitis

References

Mueller et al. Cortical Saucerization: An Unusual Imaging Finding of Ewing Sarcoma. AJR 163 (2): 401. (1994).
Posted by Behrang Amini, MD/PhD at 12:29 PM
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