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References:

#1: SEER EOD-88, 3rd Ed, 2

#2: 2004 SEER Manual, 123

Question:

Terminology/Terms of involvement: When the terms "lytic" or "lysis" are used in an imaging study, are they to be interpreted as synonymous with metastasis, or can these terms be used to describe a non-malignant condition?

Discussion:

Answer:

Although the term "lytic lesion" is often used to describe bone lesions and "tumor lysis" develops in response to systemic therapy, the words are not a part of the SEER list of terms used to describe involvement. Do not code distant metastasis based only on these words.

Cancer Site Category:

N/A

Data Item Category:

N/A

Other Category:

N/A

Year:

2001