title: Metastatic bone tumor mimicking spontaneous osteonecrosis of the medial condyle of the femur: misleading appearance on MR imaging.
abstract: We report a case of a metastatic bone tumor that mimicked spontaneous osteonecrosis of the medial condyle of the femur on magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Numazu City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Motoori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsumurai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nosaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology*; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010521:Periosteum / Q000473:pathology