osteopoikilosis: a sign mimicking skeletal metastases in a cancer patient

Traumatic Fracture in a Patient with Osteopoikilosis

We report a case of traumatic humeral neck fracture occurring in a patient with osteopoikilosis after a motorcycle accident. The radiograph revealed the fracture but also multiple bone lesions. A few years before, the patient had been operated for a maldiagnosed chondrosarcoma of the humeral head. Osteopoikilosis is a rare benign hereditary bone disease, whose mode of inheritance is autosomal d...

Skin metastases in breast cancer: a review article

Differentiating osteopoikilosis from osteoblastic metastases

Osteopoikilosis is a rare, benign osteosclerotic dysplasia that predominantly involves the appendicular skeleton. Radiographic findings are diagnostic, and the disease often is discovered incidentally on x-ray films. The importance of recognizing osteopoikilosis lies in differentiating it from osteoblastic metastases. The cause is unclear. Patients typically are asymptomatic. Diagnostic finding...

Skeletal Muscle Metastases in a Patient With Neuroendocrine Tumor

Carcinoid tumors are rare but diverse group of malignancies that arise from neuroendocrine cells. Skeletal muscle metastasis is exceedingly rare and is associated with a poor prognosis. We report a case of carcinoid tumor of the ileocecal with skeletal muscle metastasis. We also review available case reports of carcinoid tumors metastasizing to the muscle.

Osteopoikilosis: an Incidental Finding in a Patient with Olecranon Fracture

Osteopoikilosis (OPK) or osteopathia condensans disseminate or spotted bones is a benign osteosclerotic dysplasia of unknown origin. It is an inherited autosomal disorder. It is usually detected as a coincidental finding at radiographic examination. Both sexes are equally affected. The condition is usually asymptomatic. The most common localization of these lesions is in the phalanges of the ha...

Multifocal septic osteomyelitis mimicking skeletal metastatic disease in a patient with prostate cancer.

We present an unusual case of a 59 years old patient with prostate cancer, who was referred to our hospital with pleurodenia, low back and other sites of bone ostalgia, for bone scintiscan. The patient underwent a whole body bone scanning after the intravenous administration of 740MBq (99m)Tc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP). The main findings of the study were: increased radiotracer uptake at the...