Main description:

A quick-reference handbook with more than 100 figures, charts, and images, Handbook of Musculoskeletal Tumors provides a wide-ranging overview of musculoskeletal tumors for the practicing clinician. From a pathological fracture in the emergency department to a soft tissue tumor in the clinic, musculoskeletal tumors present in clinical practice yet receive minimal exposure in training. Edited by Drs. Matthew T. Wallace and Frank J. Frassica, Handbook of Musculoskeletal Tumors provides readers with concise recommendations for their encounters with diseases including:

Latent bone lesions and active and aggressive benign bone lesions
Osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, and primary lymphoma of bone
Myeloma and metastatic bone disease, chondrosarcoma, osteochondroma, multiple hereditary exostoses, Ollier disease, and Mafucci syndrome
Benign soft tissue tumors, including lipomatous tumors, nerve sheath tumors, and myxoid, fibrous, and vascular lesions
Soft tissue sarcomas, including undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, liposarcomas, synovial sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and epithelioid sarcoma
Anatomic-specific considerations, including intra-articular lesions and hand, foot, and spine tumors

Written for primary care providers, practicing orthopedists and surgeons, residents and students in training, physician assistants, and nurses and nurse practitioners, Handbook of Musculoskeletal Tumors is a practical guide to help practitioners recognize and diagnose suspicious lesions, order appropriate testing, and facilitate prompt referrals to trained musculoskeletal oncologists when appropriate for additional management.

Contents:

Section I: Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Tumors
Chapter 1: Clinical Presentation of Bone Tumors
Chapter 2: Clinical Presentation of Soft-Tissue Tumors
Chapter 3: Musculoskeletal Radiology and Imaging of Tumors
Chapter 4: Biopsy
Chapter 5: Tumor-Mimicking Lesions-Tumor Simulators
Section II: Pediatric and Young Adult Bone Tumors
Chapter 6: Latent Bone Lesions in Children
Chapter 7: Active and Aggressive Benign Bone Lesions in Children and Young Adults
Chapter 8: Bone Malignancies in Children and Young Adults
Section III: Bone Tumors in Older Adults
Chapter 9: Myeloma and Metastatic Bone Disease
Chapter 10: Bone Sarcomas in Adults, Chondrosarcoma and Chondrogenic Tumor Syndromes
Section IV: Soft-Tissue Tumors
Chapter 11: Benign Soft-Tissue Tumors
Chapter 12: Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
Section V: Anatomic-Specific Considerations
Chapter 13: Intra-Articular Lesions
Chapter 14: Spine Tumors
Chapter 15: Tumors of the Hands and Feet