Tumours and tumour-like lesions of bone. The UHWI experience. University Hospital of the West Indies.

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Tumours and tumour-like lesions of bone. The UHWI experience. University Hospital of the West Indies.

The West Indian medical journal - 1 Sept 1998

Coard K C

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A review of all primary tumours and tumour-like lesions of bone diagnosed in patients who attended the University Hospital of the West Indies over a 10-year period revealed 136 cases comprising 69 benign and 54 malignant tumours, and 13 cases of tumour-like lesions. The prevalence and clinical ch...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Biopsy
Bone Cysts
Bone Neoplasms
Bones of Upper Extremity
Child
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous
Humans
Jamaica
Leg Bones
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Myeloma

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