Journal of Bone Research
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Department of Radiology, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey

Publications

• Case Report   
  Osteoradionecrosis Secondary to Radiotherapy and Incidental Enostosis in the Differential Diagnosis of Osteoblastic Bone Metastasis
  Author(s): Altinkaya Cemile*
  
  Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) following radiation therapy for breast carcinoma is an uncommon but severe late complication that may mimic metastatic disease both radiologically and clinically. Enostosis, also known as a bone island, is a benign intramedullary focus of compact bone that can be incidentally detected during imaging studies and can occasionally simulate a sclerotic metastatic lesion. The coexistence of osteoradionecrosis and enostosis in a single patient with a past history of breast cancer and a recent diagnosis of ovarian malignancy represents a unique diagnostic challenge. This report describes the clinical and radiological findings in a 70-year-old female patient with osteoradionecrosis of the chest wall and enostosis in the lumbar vertebra, with special emphasis on the importance of differentiating benign post-radiation or congenital bone changes from metastatic disease i.. View More»
  

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