Open AccessAxial Osseous Lesions mimicking disseminated Metastases, a Report of Osseous Mastocytosis
Author(s) -
E. Desportes,
J. Lincot,
A. Hess,
V. Descamps,
B. Dallaudière
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the belgian society of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 2514-8281
DOI - 10.5334/jbr-btr.1333
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , continuing education , computed tomography , medical physics , medical education
This article reports a case of osseous mastocytosis, a relatively rare pathology that shows nonspecific osteolytic and osteoblastic bone lesions on CT. As metastatic disease is the most frequent pathology that results in incidentally discovered diffuse osteoblastic lesions, biopsy should be performed in case of doubt.