ROLE OF MRI IN CHARACTERIZATION OF BONE TUMORS ASSUMING HISTOPATHOLOGY AS GOLD STANDARD

Abstract

Introduction- In comparison to other neoplasms, bone tumor is relatively not so common and constitutes only 0.5% of the total world cancer incidence. Evaluation of bone neoplasms consists of a multimodality approach and whereas cross sectional imaging has extraordinarily improved the ability to characterize tumors. Aim And Objective- This study aims at evaluating MRI imaging pattern of bone tumors and their correlation with histopathology. Materials And Method: 80 patients with suspected bone tumors referred to Department of Radiology after fullling the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Contrast enhanced MRI orbit was performed and ndings were corelated with histopathology. Results: Amongst 80 patients, 48 were males(60%) and 32 were female(40%).The patient age ranged from 1 month to 55 year. The bone tumors consist of 50 malignant and 30 benign masses amongst which osteosarcoma and enchondroma were the most common respectively. Conclusion: The present study concludes that MRI is extremely useful modality to characterize bone tumors.