Simple Presentations of Sinister Pathology to an Upper Limb Orthopaedic Clinic

Bone and soft tissue tumours are seen infrequently in district general hospitals and diagnosis requires a good history and examination with good recognition of red flag symptoms offered by the patient. Delay in diagnosis of these potentially life changing diagnoses have an effect on treatment options and the potential for curative therapy. In the UK, referral to specialist bone and soft tissue tumour centres allows for rapid diagnosis and multidisciplinary lead treatment. Primary bone tumours are rare with metastatic tumours occurring more frequently with the primary often found in the lung, kidney, thyroid, breast or prostate. Sarcomas account for 0.2% of all new cancer cases in the UK [1].