Metastases
- Commonest malignant bone lesion overall (far more common than primary bone tumours).
- Primaries: men prostate, women breast; then lung, kidney, thyroid (mnemonic "BLT with a Kosher Pickle": breast, lung, thyroid, kidney, prostate).
- Distribution: red marrow: spine (commonest), pelvis, ribs, skull, proximal femur/humerus. Distal to elbow/knee (acral): lung (and kidney).