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Excruciating pain in scapula, "mass" on mri. bone spur or bone cancer?

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Sorry to hear: This. A scapula is a very odd bone for a primary tumor, and also odd for something traveled to that bone, but it does no get bone spurs. A "mass" needs to be biopsied. However, it is more likely to be from some other place: lung, breast (w), prostate (m)...My last scapular met came from a kidney primary.

Dr Biermann agreed

Answered 8/28/2020

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