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ReviewSkeletal radiology2022

Society of Skeletal Radiology- white paper. Guidelines for the diagnostic management of incidental solitary bone lesions on CT and MRI in adults: bone reporting and data system (Bone-RADS).

Connie Y Chang, Hillary W Garner, Shivani Ahlawat, Behrang Amini, Matthew D Bucknor, Jonathan A Flug, Iman Khodarahmi, Michael E Mulligan, Jeffrey J Peterson, Geoffrey M Riley and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Skeletal radiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Benign notochordal cell tumours of the spine: imaging characteristics and longitudinal imaging follow-up.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  12. RADS classification systems for bone tumors: current status and where do we go from here?Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2026
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  16. Non-Ossifying Fibromas: A 2025 Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.

Connie Y ChangMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. cychang@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1304-1576
Hillary W GarnerMayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, USA.
Shivani AhlawatJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
Behrang AminiMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
Matthew D BucknorUniversity of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
Jonathan A FlugMayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, USA.
Iman KhodarahmiNew York University, New York, USA.
Michael E MulliganUniversity of Maryland, College Park, USA.
Jeffrey J PetersonMayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, USA.
Geoffrey M RileyStanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, USA.
Mohammad SamimNew York University, New York, USA.
Santiago A Lozano-CalderonMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Jim S WuBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Jacksonville College · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USNew York University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USJohns Hopkins University · USMayo Clinic Hospital · USStanford Medicine · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present algorithms for the diagnostic management of solitary bone lesions incidentally encountered on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MRI) in adults. Based on review of the current literature and expert opinion, the Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards Committee of the Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR) proposes a bone reporting and data system (Bone-RADS) for incidentally encountered solitary bone lesions on CT and MRI with four possible diagnostic management recommendations (Bone-RADS1, leave alone; Bone-RADS2, perform different imaging modality; Bone-RADS3, perform follow-up imaging; Bone-RADS4, biopsy and/or oncologic referral). Two algorithms for CT based on lesion density (lucent or sclerotic/mixed) and two for MRI allow the user to arrive at a specific Bone-RADS management recommendation. Representative cases are provided to illustrate the usability of the algorithms.

Indexed as

RadiologyTomography, X-Ray ComputedAdultAlgorithmsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingBone tumorsCTManagementMRI

Identifiers

PMID35344076
PMCPMC9283187
OpenAlexW4220878033

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