Skip to main content

Table 1 Features of benign and malignant lesions

From: Radiological review of skull lesions

Benign

Malignant

Geographic/sharp margins

Moth eaten or permeative bone destruction

Narrow zone of transition

Wide zone of transition

Sclerotic margin

Poorly defined margins

Periosteal reaction: solid/uninterrupted

Periosteal reaction: aggressive, interrupted

No soft tissue component

Soft tissue component