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CRYPTOGENIC METASTASES IN UGANDA AFRICANS

A. C. Templeton 1; M. S. R. Hutt 1; ; and O. G. Dodge 1

1 Department of Pathology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

1. Secondary tumours in bone are common in Uganda.

2. Of the five tumours which often give rise to bone metastases in Europe–breast, bronchus, thyroid, prostate and kidney–only the kidney is an unimportant site in Uganda, its place being taken by hepatocellular carcinoma.

3. Most primary bone tumours occur around the knee whereas tumours ofthe skull, vertebrae and head of femur are very likely to be secondary. The thyroid was the most likely primary site for secondary tumours in women. In men the liver, bronchus and prostate were common primary sites.
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