Future Science OA (Oct 2023)

Epidemiology of bone tumors in Lebanon: a retrospective study from 2000 to 2022 at a tertiary center

  • Mohammad Daher,
  • Ziad Zalaquett,
  • Elio Mekhael,
  • Marven Aoun,
  • Ralph Chalhoub,
  • Majd Abdo,
  • Marc Aoude,
  • Sami Abi Farraj,
  • Ali Ghoul,
  • Jean Tarchichi,
  • Joe Rassi,
  • Amer Sebaaly,
  • Viviane Trak-Smayra,
  • Carole Kesrouani,
  • Hampig-Raphaël Kourie,
  • Ismat Ghanem

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2023-0102
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 9

Abstract

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Aim: Bone tumors are rare and have an uneven geographic distribution. Methods: 730 patients diagnosed with bone tumors were included in this retrospective analysis. Results: With a 64% rate of malignancy, the most common tumors were metastasis (40%) mostly in the axial skeleton, Osteosarcoma (9%) mostly in the femur, Osteochondroma (8%) mostly in the femur, giant cell tumors (7%) mostly in the knee, and Ewing's sarcoma (6%) mostly in the axial skeleton. Conclusion: Even though a some of the tumors have a predilection for certain localizations in the human body, they may differ in the middle-eastern population. One must also pay attention to the higher rates of malignancies as compared with other cohorts.

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