TABLE 1.

Histologic Diagnosis and Distribution of T/B Values for 202 Skeletal Lesions

Diagnosis	n	Range	Mean	SD	Median	P*
Osteosarcoma	44	3.3–33.2	11.1	7.2	9.1	<0.001
Ewing's sarcoma	14	4.0–31.0	7.1	7.0	5.1	<0.001
Chondrosarcoma	14	1.4–11.8	5.2	3.2	5.3	<0.01
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma	6	3.3–26.0	13.0	8.6	14.6	<0.001
Angiosarcoma	4	3.5–31.0	16.2	13.6	15.2	<0.01
Leiomyosarcoma	2	27.2–73.0
Other sarcomas	2	15.9–20.5
Chordoma	5	3.6–12.5	6.9	3.6	6.6	<0.01
Giant cell tumor	5	10.1–35.0	20.4	9.9	19.1	<0.001
Aneurysmatic bone cyst	15	1.1–5.9	3.0	1.5	2.3	NS
Simple bone cyst	9	1.0–3.5	1.7	0.7	1.5	NS
Chondroma	9	1.4–2.8	2.3	0.5	2.3	NS
Osteochondroma	8	1.0–2.9	2.1	0.6	2.1	NS
Fibrous dysplasia	4	5.2–11.5	7.4	2.8	6.5	<0.01
Nonossifying fibroma	6	1.2–18.6	6.8	6.9	4.5	NS
Desmoplastic fibroma	2	2.2–7.0
Chondroblastoma	2	6.5–33.6
Osteoid osteoma	2	2.4–2.9
Chondromyxoid fibroma	1	3.0
Osteofibrous dysplasia	1	2.8
Eosinophilic granuloma	2	4.5–4.7
Parathyroid osteopathy	1	5.1
Osteomyelitis	11	1.1–24.1	5.6	7.3	2.4	NS
Other tumorlike lesions	9	1.0–2.3	1.6	0.6	1.7	NS
Bone metastasis	12	4.6–34.0	15.2	8.6	14.2	<0.001
Malignant lymphoma	6	3.5–49.2	21.9	16.5	18.7	<0.001
Plasmacytoma	6	1.3–15.1	8.4	5.6	9.5	<0.05