title: The myriad of diseases that present with polyostotic bone lesions.
abstract: Many diseases result in polyostotic bone lesions including benign entities, benign entities with malignant potential, intermediate entities, and malignant entities. Imaging plays a key role in identifying complications of these disorders, most importantly malignant transformation of a benign lesion. The most common polyostotic bone lesions are reviewed and examples of malignant transformation are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Electronic address: northrupb@mir.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Benjamin E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Northrup
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Slat
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Rachel U
authors.initials: RU
authors.lastname: Loomans
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.
authors.forename: Christine O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Menias
authors.affiliation: Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Travis J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hillen
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging