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Query: UMLS:C0027627 (
metastases
)
103,950
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Over 10 years, 842 consecutive autopsies on patients dying from a malignant neoplasm were evaluated microscopically to determine the incidence of spinal and skeletal
metastases
.
Vertebral wedging
, sclerosis and areas of osteolysis were defined as features of spinal
metastases
. The incidence was 30.6%, 65% of which arose from lung, breast or lymphoma and myeloma. The frequency of extraspinal
metastases
was 9.8% with 66% arising from the lung, liver, lymphoma or myeloma; they were mainly situated in the ribs, skull and clavicle.
...
PMID:The incidence of vertebral body metastases. 856 40
