Orthopaedic Association specializing in other fields, and to enlighten the general public about bone and soft tissue oncology. With these purposes in mind, I hope to organize a functional and efficient academic meeting by summarizing the points for discussion. The Annual Musculoskeletal Tumor Meeting has been aimed at fostering close cooperation among orthopaedists, pathologists, and radiologis...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this cross-sectional epidemiologic study was to investigate the prevalence and distribution of musculoskeletal disorders causing unfitness to Turkish Military Service. METHODS This study has been carried out by examining the medical reports of 1.777.500 people who applied to the Turkish Armed Forces for military service between 2009-2011. Age and geographic region of ind...

Radiofrequency ablation is a well-established treatment tool utilized in musculoskeletal oncology. It is a safe, minimally invasive, and cost-effective treatment for many lesions. Most frequently utilized for treating osteoid osteomas, the technique is also helpful for controlling selected lesions from metastatic bone disease and other benign bone disorders, such as, chondroblastomas and osteob...

Tumor-mimicking lesions in the musculoskeletal system can be defined as lesions mistaken as tumors due to the presence of palpation upon physical examination or a tumor-like appearance upon radiological examination. Moreover, tumor-mimicking lesions show diverse etiologies and anatomic locations. We illustrated the various tumor-mimicking lesions involving bone and soft tissue. In this review, ...

BACKGROUND The occurrence of non-contiguous, multiple, and remote involvement tuberculous spondylitis is rare. The clinical presentation in patients with multifocal musculoskeletal tuberculosis may closely mimic that in patients with multiple bone metastases, which makes the accurate clinical diagnosis challenging. Herein, we report a multifocal musculoskeletal tuberculosis case that was misdia...

Ultrasonography of the postoperative musculoskeletal system plays an important role in the accurate diagnosis of abnormal lesions in the bone and soft tissues. Ultrasonography is a fast and reliable method with no harmful irradiation for the evaluation of postoperative musculoskeletal complications. In particular, it is not affected by the excessive metal artifacts that appear on computed tomog...