Benign pediatric bone tumors. Evaluation and treatment.
Several recent significant advances have been made in the evaluation and treatment for bone lesions in children. Most advances have come as a result of better imaging of these lesions, namely with magnetic resonance imaging. When a child presents with a bone lesion, several aids allow the treating physician to develop a differential diagnosis. Both recent advance and newer techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of children with benign bone lesions are discussed.
Copley
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dormans
J P
JP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography