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O44-5 Metastatic Tumor of the Femur, Associated with Pathological Fracture.


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Description Metastatic Tumor of the Femur, Associated with Pathological Fracture.
Author Department of Pathology
Copyright Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine

Specimen:

A section of the shaft of a long bone (femur).

 

Gross Pathology:

1.   The medullary canal shows a non- capsulated infiltrating tumor mass.

2.   The femur shows marked destruction resulting in a pathological fracture.

 

Diagnosis:

Metastatic tumor of the femur, associated with pathological fracture.

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