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Misinterpretation of the imaging findings can lead to inappropriate clinical management of the patient.<\/jats:p><jats:p>There is still some debate regarding the pathophysiology and origin of tumor-like lesions that include congenital, developmental, inflammatory, infectious, metabolic, reactive, posttraumatic, post-therapeutic changes, and some miscellaneous entities causing structural changes. Although tumor-like lesions are historically defined as non-neoplastic lesions, some of them are classified as real neoplasms.<\/jats:p><jats:p>We discuss a spectrum of entities mimicking tumors of bone and soft tissues that include various non-neoplastic diseases and anatomical variants based on imaging findings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0040-1721378","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,12]],"date-time":"2020-12-12T00:46:16Z","timestamp":1607733976000},"page":"613-626","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Tumor-like Lesions of Bone and Soft Tissues and Imaging Tips for Differential Diagnosis"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8575-6952","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sebnem","family":"\u00d6rg\u00fc\u00e7","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Izmir, 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