title: Giant bone island. Computed tomography findings.
abstract: Although bone island is a well-known benign skeletal entity, it may stimulate an aggressive bone forming neoplasm when it is large. Spiculated margin intermingling with thickened trabeculae together with the lack of bone destruction and soft tissue mass on computed tomography scan is diagnostic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ehara
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kattapuram
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed