11*WHILE SOLITARY PERIPHERAL METASTASES ARE RELATIVELY UNCOMMON, THEY DO OCCUR. THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONTROVERSY AS TO WHETHER ROUTINE VIEWS OF THE SKULL AND LOWER LIMBS ARE NECESSARY; HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE NOT OBTAINED, SOME LESIONS WILL BE MISSED*
*SITES SUCH AS THE STERNUM, RIBS AND SCAPULA CAN BE DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE ON ROUTINE RADIOGRAPHY, WHEREAS A BONE SCAN WILL PROVIDE CLEAR VISUALIZATION OF THESE AREAS*
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