Leave alone lesions - skeletal

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 3 May 2024

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Citation:

Niknejad M, Knipe H, Basiony M, et al. Leave alone lesions - skeletal. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 03 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-23003

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-23003

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/23003

rID:

23003

Article created:

13 May 2013, Mohammad Taghi Niknejad ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Mohammad Taghi Niknejad had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

3 May 2024, Henry Knipe ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

18 times, by 12 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Sections:

Gamuts

Synonyms:

Skeletal leave me alone lesions
Do not touch bony lesions
Leave me alone lesions - skeletal
“Don’t touch” lesions - skeletal
“Don’t touch” lesion - skeletal

Skeletal leave alone lesions, also called “do not touch” lesions, are so characteristic radiographically that further diagnostic tests such as a biopsy are unnecessary and can be frankly misleading and lead to additional unnecessary surgery. Thus a radiologic diagnosis should be made without a list of differential possibilities.

These lesions can be divided into three categories - post-traumatic lesions, normal variants, and lesions that are real but obviously benign.