Tumors of the Acromion Process—A Pictorial Review

Introduction  Acromion is essential for stabilizing the shoulder complex. Tumors of the acromion are rare. We report the largest series of acromion tumor and tumor-like lesion. Materials and Methods  A retrospective review of the oncology and radiology database within our tertiary center for orthopa...

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Autores principales: Boo, S.L., Saad, A., Khan, Z., Davies, A. M., James, S. L., Botchu, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8817813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35136496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1735916
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Saad, A.
Khan, Z.
Davies, A. M.
James, S. L.
Botchu, R.
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description Introduction  Acromion is essential for stabilizing the shoulder complex. Tumors of the acromion are rare. We report the largest series of acromion tumor and tumor-like lesion. Materials and Methods  A retrospective review of the oncology and radiology database within our tertiary center for orthopaedic oncology was performed to identify all tumors of the acromion over the past 30 years and imaging was reviewed. Results  We identified a total of 31 lesions arising in the acromion and chondrosarcoma was the commonest. Conclusion  One needs to be aware of tumor and tumor-like lesions of acromion.
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spelling pubmed-88178132022-02-07 Tumors of the Acromion Process—A Pictorial Review Boo, S.L. Saad, A. Khan, Z. Davies, A. M. James, S. L. Botchu, R. Indian J Radiol Imaging Introduction  Acromion is essential for stabilizing the shoulder complex. Tumors of the acromion are rare. We report the largest series of acromion tumor and tumor-like lesion. Materials and Methods  A retrospective review of the oncology and radiology database within our tertiary center for orthopaedic oncology was performed to identify all tumors of the acromion over the past 30 years and imaging was reviewed. Results  We identified a total of 31 lesions arising in the acromion and chondrosarcoma was the commonest. Conclusion  One needs to be aware of tumor and tumor-like lesions of acromion. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8817813/ /pubmed/35136496 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1735916 Text en Indian Radiological Association. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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