title: Radiographic evaluation of solitary bone lesions.
abstract: Diagnosis of solitary bone lesions through the use of plain film requires a careful evaluation of several diagnostic variables, the recognition and association of different radiographic signs, and an analytic approach to diagnosis. Diagnostic principles are discussed that can aid the physician in arriving at a correct diagnosis or in narrowing the diagnostic possibilities.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001846:Bone Development; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D010521:Periosteum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography