2. Benign Tumors Flashcards
A round/oval, well circumscribed uniformly opaque calcific radiopacity that arises in membranous bones
Osteoma
usually less than 2 cm
MC benign tumor of nose and paranasal sinuses
Osteoma
found in paranasal sinuses, inner and outer skull tables
Osteoma
Fills the entire sinus
and may cause ocular disturbances, headaches, and sinusitis
Giant Osteomas
Mandibular Osteoma will cause
Mechanical and cosmetic problems
Osteomas may be associated with what syndrome?
Gardner’s Syndrome
Colonic polyposis, soft tissue fibromas, and multiple osteomas that are protuberant, oval, dense.
Gardener’s Syndrome:
Discrete area of sclerosis in located anywhere (except skull)
Bone Island (Enostoma)
Bone islands are symptomatic or Asymptomatic?
Asymptomatic and clinically insignificant
what distinguishes a Bone Island from blastic metastasis?
Brush border
bone islands affect what part of the bone?
Epiphysis and metaphysis but NOT the diaphysis
A giant bone island is larger than
1.0cm
DDx for Bone Island: (Enostoma)
- Blastic metastasis
- Osteoid osteoma
- Osteoma
- Osteopoikilosis
Bone Island are possibly caused by cortical bone that has failed to undergo __________ during the process of endochondral
ossification
medullary
resorption
Bone islands typically appear
as
round-to-ovoid sclerotic
intramedullary foci
The long axis of the bone
island is aligned ______ to
the long axis of the bone
parallel
Bone islands are composed of
cortical bone and appear as what signal intensity?
low signal intensity on MRI on all pulse sequences
Do bone islands typically appear “hot”
on bone scans?
NO
Radiolucent nidus with surrounding reactive
sclerosis in 10-25 yo.
Osteoid Osteoma
Pain from an osteoid osteoma is relieved by
aspirin
Gradual severe deep aching pain than can be referred to a nearby joint, worse at night, with Limited ROM, painful limp, stiffness, and weakness
Osteoid Osteoma
Painful rigid scoliosis from an Osteoid Osteoma is usually on the ______ side
of curve
concave
What bones does an osteoid osteoma affect?
50% in tibia and femur and 10% in spine
Osteoid Osteomas are
usually less than
1.0 cm
Highly vascularized fibrous connective tissue in osteoid osteomas
nidus (may not be seen)
may need what to Dx osteoid osteoma?
CT
Intramedullary OO do not produce much sclerosis
except the sclerosis
outside of the capsular bone region
Helps show bone edema around the nidus
MRI
Very high levels of have _________ been found in the
osteoid osteoma lesion
prostaglandins
– Aspirin also relieves pain (worse at night)
– Nidus >1.0 cm in size
– No angiographic vascular blush
Brodie’s Abscess
success in 92 % of Osteoid Osteoma cases
Thermocoagulation
Osteoid Osteoma spinal lesions in the posterior arch need
surgery
Central sclerotic focus in a radiolucent nidus, characteristic
of of
osteoid osteoma
a safe and effective method for treatment of osteoid osteoma
at any location
Percutaneous thermocoagulation
2-10 cm expansile lesion with a eggshell-thin cortical margin found in 10-20 yo
Osteoblastoma
Osteoblastomas are usually located in the?
posterior neural arch of the spine
Pain that is usually NOT at night and NOT relieved by aspirin
Osteoblastoma
Osteoblastoma my be
sclerotic
Osteoblastoma treatment for small and large lesions
Excision/curettage for small lesions and Radiation therapy for inoperable spinal lesions
Small percentage of osteoblastomas become
malignant
cortical expansion and mass with
ossific matrix
Osteoblastoma
Osteoblastoma will show ____ signal intensity in the surrounding soft
tissues consistent with _____
high, edema
Arises from residual islands of cartilage left in metaphysis as physis grows away in the hands (50%) and feet in 10-30 yo
Solitary Enchondroma
m/c benign tumor of hand
Solitary Enchondroma
Usually a painless tumor in the hands (50%) and feet
May see pathologic Fx
Solitary Enchondroma
Sudden onset of pain without trauma signals
malignant transformation of a Solitary Enchondroma to a
chondrosarcoma
Geographic radiolucent expansile
lesion centrally placed in the metaphysis with ENDOSTEAL SCALLOPING
Solitary Enchondroma
50% of Solitary Enchondroma’s have __________ due to
cartilagenous matrix
punctate calcification
Neuroarterial lesion in hand causing pressure erosion of tuft
Glomus (vascular) tumor
Post trauma introduction of epidermoid tissue into bone
Inclusion cyst
skin puncture causes fibrous outer lining and filled with a soft,cheese-like material (keratin)
Epidermal Inclusion Cyst
functions to regulate skin circulation
normal glomus unit (neuromyoarterial apparatus)
m/c site of glomus tumors is ______ and
75% of the lesions occur in the ____
subungual, hand
Solitary Enchondroma malignantly transforms to a Chondrosarcoma when located close to or within
axial skeleton
If pathologic Fx of Solitary Enchondroma, treat with…
casting, curettage, or replace with bone chips, or cement packing (calciumphosphate)
should benign lesions should be irradiated?
no
Expansile, lytic lesion in the proximal phalanx of the fifth digit with a distinct zone of transition, thinning of the cortex, and a
pathologic fracture
Solitary Enchondroma
Fluffy calcific matrix within the medullary canal
Solitary Enchondroma
Malignant degeneration of Enchondromas are more likely with large lesions and
with endosteal scalloping involving over
50% of the cortex
other reported
features of malignant transformation of an enchondroma include
Enlarging radiolucent area, pathologic Fx, or
disappearance of preexisting calcification areas
Multiple Enchondromatosis, aka
Ollier’s disease
Unpainful, Unossified remnants of cartilage in diaphyses and metaphyses that likes small bones of hands and feet
Multiple Enchondromatosis (Ollier’s dz)
MRI is helpful to detect malignant degeneration/transformation of Multiple Enchondromatosis (Ollier’s dz), which occurs at what percent?
10-50%
In Multiple Enchondromatosis (Ollier’s dz), when patients have pain or Rapid growth
malignant transformation should be suspected