Table 1

Cytological diagnosis of bone lesions.

Metastasis:

Plasma cell lesion
8
Sarcoma
3
Metastatic carcinoma
16 = 27

Giant cell tumour
19
Osteosarcoma
16
Infection
11
Chondroid tumour
4
Fibrous dysplasia
2
Fibrohistiocytic tumour
3
Osteoblastoma
2
Bone cyst
2
Reactive
1
No cytological diagnosis
3
Insufficient for diagnosis
6

TOTAL
96

Nnodu et al. CytoJournal 2006 3:16   doi:10.1186/1742-6413-3-16