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Citation:
Niknejad M, Basiony M, Rupret S, et al. Leave alone lesions - skeletal. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 29 Mar 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-23003
Skeletal leave alone lesions, also called “do not touch” lesions, are so characteristic radiographically, that further diagnostic tests such as a biopsy are unnecessary and can be frankly misleading and lead to additional unnecessary surgery. Thus a radiologic diagnosis should be made without a list of differential possibilities.
Classification
These lesions can be classified into three categories - post-traumatic lesions, normal variants, and lesions that are real but obviously benign.
Post-traumatic lesions
Normal variants
Lesions that are real but obviously benign
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