MR imaging in staging of bone tumors.
For staging of bone tumors, TNM and Enneking's systems are used with some differences. Magnetic resonance imaging is particularly useful for defining the extent of high-grade tumors, including transcortical and intertrabecular infiltration and periosteal extension. The concepts of compartment and curative surgical margins are important for bone tumor staging.
Ehara
Shigeru
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Department of Radiology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka 020-8505, Japan. ehara@iwate-med.ac.jp
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging