尸检椎骨标本显示多发性不规则转移瘤。大多数骨肿瘤都是转移瘤。大多数原发性骨肿瘤为良性。最常见的恶性原发性骨肿瘤是骨肉瘤。

另例：椎骨转移瘤(肉眼、较近视图)

This section of vertebral bone from autopsy demostrates multiple foci pale irregular metastases. The most common neoplasm in bone is a metastasis. The most common primary bone tumors are benign. The most common malignant primary bone tumors are osteosarcomas.