Common cancers that metastasize to bone may have certain appearances on bone radiographs. These can help guide the workup for detecting an occult primary tumor.
Parameters:
(1) gender of the patient
(2) radiologic pattern
Radiologic patterns:
(1) lytic (radiolucent)
(2) blastic
(3) mixed lytic and blastic
Pattern
Female
Male
Both Genders
lytic
endometrial
lung
renal cell
thyroid
adrenal
myeloma
Hodgkin's disease
urinary bladder
melanoma
blastic
prostate
bronchial malignant carcinoid
mixed
ovary
cervix
testis
breast
where:
• Bronchial malignant carcinoid tumor = neuroendocrine carcinoma.
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Specialty: Hematology Oncology, Surgery, general
