title: Bone biopsy in solitary lesions on bone scan in genitourinary malignancy.
abstract: In the course of stagging for genitourinary malignancy, we identified 9 patients with asymptomatic bone lesions. Biopsies were taken in all cases. In 5 patients, biopsy revealed Paget's disease and, in 3 others, a solitary bone metastasis was confirmed, which demonstrates the utility of this method by avoiding unnecessary, high-risk surgical procedures. In 1 patient the biopsy was normal.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urologia, Policlinico de Vigo (Povisa), España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zungri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*