Role Of Histopathology In Lytic Lesions Of Bone – A Study Of Seventy Cases Of Lytic LesionOf Bone.

Aims: Histopathogical study of lytic lesions of bone with evaluation of types and occurrence ofdifferent lesions with correlation in different age and sex. Material & method: A study of 70 cases of lytic lesion of bone was carried out during two years duration (January 2008 to December 2009).Result: In our study, out of 70 cases of lytic lesion of bone, 24 cases were of inflammatorylesions, 30 cases were of benign tumors, 6 cases of Primary malignant bone tumours and 10cases of metastatic lytic lesions were found. Most of the patients belonged to the middle agegroup with the age incidence varying with the type of lesion. Out of these 70 cases, 46 weremales and 24 were females. The lytic lesions occur more commonly in the males within the agegroup of 11-20 years. Conclusion: Benign tumors are more common amongst all lytic lesions with giant cell tumour ranking first in benign tumors. Tuberculous osteomyelitis is more common than pyogenic osteomyelitis. Secondaries in the bone are a more frequent finding than primary malignant tumors. The present study was carried out in the Dept. Of Histopathology & Radiology, M. P. Shah medical college, Jamnagar, Gujarat state of India and cases were referred from Dept. of Orthopaedics. Of G. G. Hospital, M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar.