Avascular Necrosis, Fractures & Infection of Bone Flashcards
What are the five questions that should be asked with osseous lesions?
- Pattern of growth?
- Are the cells of the lesions producing anything?
- What do the cells look like?
- Based on cellular features, is the lesion likely benign or malignant?
- Does the anatomic dx correlate with the clinical picture
What two areas in the body in particular, are capable of having any of the primary bone tumors?
Shoulder and knee
Where can osteosarcoma occur? (3)
Knee
Hip
Shoulder
Where do osteomas usually occur?
Skull / face
Where do chondromas usually occur?
Fingers/ wrist
Where does chondrosarcomas usually occur?
Axial skeleton:
- Pelvis
- Vertebrae
Where are giant cell tumors found?
End of bone–epiphysis
Where do Ewing sarcomas arise?
Diaphysis of long bones
Where in the bone do osteosarcomas occur?
Metaphysis / physis
Where in the bone do chondrosarcomas occur?
Metaphysis
Cancer in the diaphysis = ?
Ewing’s sarcoma
Cancer in the epiphysis = ?
Giant cell tumors
What are osteomas, and what are the s/sx?
Rare, benign tumor of mature bone that is usually asymptomatic, but may cause local mechanical problems
What is the age range that osteomas typically affect?
40-50
What are the x-ray findings of osteomas?
Well delineated nodule
What is the prognosis for osteomas? (3)
- Slow growing
- Not invasive
- Not malignant
Which is larger: osteoid osteomas or osteoblastomas?
Osteomas
True or false: osteoid osteomas and osteoblastomas have the same histological characteristics
True
What are the s/sx of osteoid osteomas and osteoblastomas?
Painful lesions
Which is relieved by ASA: osteoid osteomas or osteoblastomas?
Osteoid osteomas
What are the x-ray findings of osteoid osteomas and osteoblastomas?
Central area of tumor (lucency) surrounded by a rim of sclerotic bone
What type of bone surrounds osteoid osteomas: woven or lamellar?
Woven
Who is classically affected with osteoid osteomas? Where is it classically?
Young adult males around the knee
Who is classically affected with osteoblastomas? Where is it classically?
Teens-20s
Vertebral column
What is the prognosis for osteoblastomas?
Good, if totally excised
Osteoblastomas are usually greater than what size?
More than 2 cm
Bone pain not relieved by ASA = ?
Osteoblastomas
What are osteosarcomas?
malignant mesenchymal tumors of neoplastic cells that produce osteoid
What is the most common primary malignancy of bone?
Osteosarcomas
What is the bimodal age distribution of osteosarcomas?
less than 20 and and elderly
Where do osteosarcomas generally arise from?
Metaphysis of long bones of extremities
What MUST you see histologically to diagnose osteosarcomas?
Osteoid
Which gender is more affected with osteosarcomas?
Younger males
What are some of the conditions that predispose patients to later osteosarcomas? (5)
- Paget’s disease of bone
- Chronic osteomyelitis
- Prior irradiation
- bone infarcts
- Fibrous dysplasia
True or false: osteosarcomas that arise later in life 2/2 past bone disease are usually more aggressive
True
What is the usual clinical presentation of osteosarcomas?
Bone pain, swelling, and pathological fractures