Imaging of Tumors of the Tibia

Although the tibia can serve as the location for relatively common benign and malignant bone tumors, there are several more uncommon entities that occur almost exclusively in the tibia. For example, rare lesions such as adamantinoma, osteofibrous dysplasia, and chondromyxoid fibroma are seen predominantly in the tibia with infrequent involvement of other bones in the appendicular skeleton. This article reviews the imaging features of common and uncommon tibial tumors and provides a framework for formulating a differential diagnosis based on imaging and patient characteristics.

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