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  • Title: Pitfalls in the use of computed tomography for musculoskeletal tumors in children.
    Author: Jones ET, Kuhns LR.
    Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Am; 1981 Oct; 63(8):1297-304. PubMed ID: 7287801.
    Abstract:
    We retrospectively reviewed the use of computed tomography scans for the preoperative evaluation of musculoskeletal neoplasms in nineteen children. Of twenty-five scans, there was accurate correlation with the surgical findings in thirteen patients (fourteen scans), while overestimation or underestimation of the extent of soft-tissue disease was evident in nine patients (eleven scans). We concluded that computed tomography is a useful adjunct to the more conventional means of preoperative assessment but that overdependence on this one method of evaluation should be avoided.
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