[Differential diagnosis of cystic bone tumors in childhood (author's transl)].
Skeletal changes leading to a suspicion of the presence of a tumour frequently occur in childhood with the roentgenological manifestation of a cyst. X-ray morphology can differ depending upon the localisation and the course. In childhood, however, such findings are mainly classified as tumour-like bone lesions. This group comprises, inter alia, the juvenile bone cyst, the aneurysmatic bone cyst and fibrous dysplasia. However, it is necessary to exclude by differential diagnosis--even though the main age of manifestation is after completion of growth--genuine bone tumours with cystic phenomena, such as the giant cell tumour, chondroma or chondroblastoma. Verification of the diagnosis can be effected via radiologic-diagnostic methods such as tomography. The use of scintigraphy of the skeleton can likewise be indicated. Numerous laboratory parameters can be used in individual cases to exclude certain diagnoses. Taking these aspects into consideration, the article reviews differential diagnosis of the most frequent skeletal affections in childhood. Great emphasis is given to the ranking and importance of the individual diagnostic methods.
D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002804:Chondroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002812:Chondroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007512:Ischium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
Differentialdiagnostik zystischer Knochentumoren im Kindesalter.