Bone metastasis

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• Synonyms

  • Bony metastases
  • Bone mets

• Causes

  • Carcinoma of thyroid
  • Carcinoma of breast
  • Lung malignancy
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • Prostate cancer
  • Testicular tumour
  • Myeloma
  • Carcinoma of adrenal gland
  • Carcinoma of oesophagus

• Effects

  • High alkaline phosphatase
  • Bone marrow infiltration
  • Osteolysis
  • Hyperphosphataemia
  • Spinal cord tumour
  • Interleukin-6
  • Bone pain

• Parents

  • Metastasis
  • Bone tumour