title: Metastatic bone involvement in gynecological malignancies.
abstract: 4 patients in whom ante mortem diagnosis of bone metastases was made, suffering from primary carcinoma of endometrium, cervix, ovary and vulva, respectively, are herein presented. The different routes of spread of these tumors, as well as a review of the incidence of bone metastases in gynecological malignancies are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology