title: [Suspicion of bone tumor: planning of the biopsy from the pathologist's viewpoint].
abstract: Suspicion of a neoplastic lesion of bone presents particular problems for both clinicians and pathologists. In most cases biopsy will be planned and should be performed as for a malignant lesion. The material obtained must be representative as well as qualitatively and quantitatively adequate. X-ray data, intraoperative findings, and histopathologic results constitute the three prime sources of information on which diagnosis and prognosis are based; these condition the therapeutic modalities which must be elaborated in each case by a multidisciplinary approach.
authors: Histopathologisches Labor der Orthopädischen Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Zürich.
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: von Hochstetter
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Verdacht auf Knochentumor: die Planung der Biopsie aus der Sicht des Pathologen.