Bone Metastases: Experience of Rheumatology Unit of National Hospital University Hubert Koutoukou Maga of Cotonou
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53556#.VMiL1yzQrzE Author(s) Zavier Zomalheto 1* , Olivier Biaou 2 , Patricia Yékpè-Ahouansou 2 , Sèdami Narcès Emery Gnankadja 1 , Martin Avimadje 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Rheumatology Department of National Hospital, University Hubert Koutoukou Maga, Cotonou, Benin . 2 Medical Imaging Department of National Hospital, University Hubert Koutoukou Maga, Cotonou, Benin . ABSTRACT Aim: To determine the epidemiological, diagnosis and treatment of secondary bone cancer at the National Hospital University Hubert Koutoukou Maga of Cotonou. Patients and Method: It was a retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study carried out from January 1999 to December 2013 on the records of patients treated in the rheumatology department. The selected files had radiological images of tumor appearance objectified by two radiologists. The diagnosis of secondary bone can...