There are several bony lesions that can involve or produce a sequestrum.
They include:
Common
Less common
- eosinophilic granuloma
- certain soft tissue tumors (with bony extension)
- malignant fibrous histiocytoma
- lymphoma
- metastasis (especially from breast carcinoma)
- osteoblastoma
- other infection
E-FILM is a mnemonic to help remember the common causes of a bony sequestrum.
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