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[Percutaneous CT guided bone biopsy in patients with suspected bone neoplasm].

Bone biopsy is necessary for the diagnosis of ambiguous skeletal lesions. Although several merits of computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous needle biopsy have been documented, few radiologists have performed this procedure in Japan. We performed this procedure with a newly introduced bone biopsy needle (OSTYCUT, angiomed, Karlsruhe, Germany) under CT guidance and evaluated the results. CT-guided bone biopsy (pelvic[n = 11]vertebral[n = 10], femoral[n = 1], sternal[n = 1]) was performed in 19 consecutive patients. Seventeen patients were suspected metastatic disease, and the others were suspected primary bone tumor. All biopsies but one were diagnostic. Malignancy was proved in 11 lesions. Three patients with prostatic carcinoma were proved to show no malignancy of bone lesions after a series of hormonal and chemotherapies. In one patient with both malignant mesothelioma and cervical carcinoma, the biopsy specimen from thoracic vertebra proved metastasis from mesothelioma. CT-guided bone biopsy is useful to evaluate the presence of malignancy and the effect of therapy for it, and to determine the primary site.

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[The role of radiotherapy in the treatment of bone neoplasms].

Primary malignant bone neoplasms are relatively rare. The most common bone tumors are osteosarcoma,Ewing's sarcoma,chondrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma,malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone, giant cell tumor, aneurysmal bone cyst and chordoma. These tumors are generally considered to be a radioresistant entities, but it has been suggested that radiotherapy may be effective in a palliative and in some curative situations, if a sufficient dose is given to an adequate volume. Only for the management of primary Ewing's sarcoma the radiation therapy is an essential part in the multimodal therapy concept. The most common bone neoplasms and the role of the radiotherapy are discussed in these chapter.

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Comparison of bone scans and radiography for detecting bone neoplasms in dogs exposed to 238PuO2.

Radioisotopic bone scans and radiography were used to detect bone neoplasms in 144 dogs that inhaled alpha-particle-emitting 238PuO2 particles. Radiography was used routinely to survey the skeleton of the dogs. Nineteen dogs developed bone neoplasms; 17 of these were studied with bone scans and radiography; both methods showed a high degree of success in detecting bone neoplasms. Predominant regions of occurrence have been the lumbar region of the spine and the humerus. The bone scanning method used gamma-camera detection of IV injected 99mTc-labeled methylene diphosphonate. All neoplasms detected radiographically also were identified by bone scans. In addition, 3 lesions confirmed histologically as osteosarcomas were detected by bone scanning, but were missed by radiography. Bone scanning was a more sensitive means for the detection of bone neoplasms than were routine radiographic procedures.

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Bone morphogenetic protein in bone neoplasms: comparison of different detection methods.

The presence of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) in 13 primary bone neoplasms was investigated with conventional bioassay method and immunohistochemically using antiserum against highly purified mixture of bovine BMPs as antibody. In conventional bioassay after implantation of lyophilized bone tumor tissues into mouse muscle pouches 9/13 samples turned out positive by radiography and 10/13 histologically. By immunohistochemical staining, using the avidin-biotin-peroxidase method, signs of BMPs could be verified in all cases investigated. Microscopical scoring showed the local concentration of BMPs to be especially high in sections from giant cell tumors when compared to other bone neoplasms.

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[Cranial bone neoplasm in early triassic amphibia].

A neoplasm in cranial bone of an early Triassic amphibian has been investigated. Although no tissue has survived, the cranial flat bone is similar to that in living animals of the same class. Evidence is presented in support of a hypothesis that the neoplasm is a skeletal tumor which consists of non-functional bone and looks like an atypical tumorous bone of skeletal origin. It was identified as a parostotic osteosarcoma on the basis of macro- and microscopic and X-ray examination.

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Primary bone neoplasms in beagle dogs exposed by inhalation to aerosols of plutonium-238 dioxide.

Primary bone neoplasms developed in beagle dogs briefly exposed by inhalation to aerosols of 238PuO2. 238PuO2 was initially deposited in the respiratory tract where it was retained with a half time greater than 100 days. A portion of the 238Pu was solubilized and translocated to the liver and skeleton. Five years after exposure, 46 osteosarcomas developed in 35 of 144 exposed dogs. The cumulative absorbed radiation doses to skeleton for these dogs ranged from 210 to 830 rad. Of the 46 bone tumors, 22 originated in the vertebrae, 12 in the humeri, 6 in the pelves, and 6 in miscellaneous long and flat bones. Most of the tumors were well-differentiated sarcomas. Only 10 of the tumors metastasized; the lung was the organ most often invaded. Bone tumors were associated with lesions of radiation osteodysplasia. The number of bone tumors found in this study indicated that inhaled 238PuO2 was an effective skeletal carcinogen. The rate of solubilization in the lung and translocation to bone may be a factor in the radiation dose pattern and type and location of bone tumors that developed after inhalation of 238PuO2.

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