title: Benign bone tumors.
abstract: Benign bone lesions are a broad category that demonstrates a spectrum of activities from latent to aggressive. Differentiating the various tumors is important in order to properly determine necessary intervention. This chapter focuses on the presentation, imaging, diagnostic features, and treatment of the most common benign bone tumors in order to help guide diagnosis and management.
authors: Orthopaedic Oncology, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA, USA, robert.steffner@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
authors: Robert
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authors: Steffner
mesh_terms: D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000175:diagnosis; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002804:Chondroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018213:Neoplasms, Bone Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010521:Periosteum / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed