Bone and soft tissue pathology is a subspecialty of pathology that focuses on diagnosing diseases that affect the muscles, bones, tendons, joints, and other connective tissue.
Examples of when one might need to utilize a specialist in this area include:
- Bone tumors
- Soft tissue tumors
- Metastatic bone disease
- Bone infections
- Soft tissue infections
- Muscle biopsy
- Bone marrow disorders