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BONE TUMOURS (RF: (obesity, personal history of cancer, exposure to toxins…

- - - - Affect children and adolescents. Can be painful and debilitating, especially if located on the spine.
      - Spinal osteoblastomas may cause paralysis if not removed.
    - - A small, painful tumor that usually affects adolescents.
      - May destabilize and/or deform the spine.
    - - Mostly affect young people between the ages of 10 and 20
      - Osteochondromas (overgrowth) are most commonly found in the leg, pelvis, scapula or arm.
  - - - Malignancy of the bone, cartilage or connective tissue (chondrosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, fibrosarcoma).
      - You can get osteosarcoma at any age. But it's the most common type of primary bone cancer found in teenagers and young adults. Osteosarcomas can grow anywhere in the skeleton.
      - The most common sites for osteosarcoma include:
        
        around the knee
        
        the lower thigh bone (femur)
        
        the upper shin bone (tibia)
        
        around the shoulder
        
        the upper arm bone (humerus)
    - - Malignancy of the bone marrow (multiple myeloma, lymphoma, leukemia).