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Osteolytic metastasis

Bone metastases, or osseous metastatic disease, is a category of cancer metastases that results from primary tumor invasion to bone. Bone-originating primary tumors such as osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and Ewing's sarcoma are rare. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Lytic bone metastasis
Lytic skeletal metastasis
Is A
Bone metastasis
May Cause
Lucent lesion of the calcaneus
Well-defined expansile radiolucent jaw lesion
May Be Caused by
Adrenocortical carcinoma
Bladder cancer
Bone sarcoma
Breast cancer
Carcinoma of cervix or uterus
Colon cancer
Esophageal cancer
Ewing sarcoma
Gastrointestinal tract carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Leukemia
Lung carcinoma
Lymphoma
Melanoma
Neuroblastoma
Ovarian cancer
Pheochromocytoma
Prostate carcinoma
Rectal cancer
Renal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell skin cancer
Stomach cancer
Testicular cancer
Thyroid carcinoma
Wilms tumor
Synonyms
Lytic bone metastasis
Lytic skeletal metastasis
Is A
Bone metastasis
May Cause
Lucent lesion of the calcaneus
Well-defined expansile radiolucent jaw lesion
May Be Caused by
Adrenocortical carcinoma
Bladder cancer
Bone sarcoma
Breast cancer
Carcinoma of cervix or uterus
Colon cancer
Esophageal cancer
Ewing sarcoma
Gastrointestinal tract carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Leukemia
Lung carcinoma
Lymphoma
Melanoma
Neuroblastoma
Ovarian cancer
Pheochromocytoma
Prostate carcinoma
Rectal cancer
Renal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell skin cancer
Stomach cancer
Testicular cancer
Thyroid carcinoma
Wilms tumor


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