Role of multimodality imaging in evaluation of bone tumors

Abstract

Background & Methods: The aim was to study the role of multimodality imaging in evaluation of bone tumors. 34 patients with clinical suspicion of bone tumor were referred from Department of Orthopaedics to the Department of Radiodiagnosis, G.R.M.C. Gwalior for diagnosis and were subjected to X-ray, MDCT and MRI. Results: During the study, it was observed that 52.94% had malignant pathology whereas 47.06% had benign pathology. The agreement of kappa for x-ray, CT-scan and MRI were respectively as 0.6, 0.7 and 0.8. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of X Ray, CT scan and MRI was calculated for bone tumor pathology based on histopathology. Diagnostic accuracy of X-ray was 82.35%, of CT scan was 88.24% and of MRI was 91.18% respectively.