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Bone tumors - Symptom

Alternative Names

Tumor - bone

Symptoms:

Bone fracture, especially fracture from slight injury (trauma)
Bone pain, may be worse at night
Occasionally a mass and swelling can be felt at the tumor site

Note: Some benign tumors have no symptoms.

Signs and tests:

This disease may also affect the results of the following tests:

X-ray

Skeleton

Osteogenic sarcoma - X-ray

Ewings sarcoma - X-ray

Reviewed last on: 3/24/2008
Stephen Grund, MD, PhD, Chief of Hematology/Oncology and Director of the George Bray Cancer Center at New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, CT. Review provided byVeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed byDavid Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Skubitz KM, D'Adamo D. Sarcoma. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007;82:1409-1432.

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