Benign And Quasi Flashcards
Lytic lesions
FOG MACHINES Fibrous dysplasia/fibrous cortical defect Osteoblastoma GCT Mets/MM ABC Chondroblastoma/chondromyxoid fibroma Hyperparathyroidism (brown tumor) Infection (osteomyelitis) Non-ossifying fibroma (NOF) Enchondroma or eosinophilic granuloma (EG) simple bone cyst
Benign tumors with chance of malignancy (3)
GCT (20%)
Osteochondroma (1% solitary; 20% HME)
Enchondroma if close to spine <1%; ollier’s disease 25-50%
Painful benign tumors (5)
GCT OO Osteoblastoma Chondroblastoma ABC
PAINFUL SCOLIOSIS (3)
Osteoid osteoma (OO)
ABC
Osteoblastoma
Painless/expansile/lytic/sclerotic margin (3)
Enchondroma
NOF/FCD
SBC
Refer out!
GCT OO Osteoblastoma Chondroblastoma ABC SBC (painless)
Sacrum - MC site
GCT (osteoclastoma)
MC benign tumor of patella; also found in prox. Tibia, prox. Humerus and distal radius
GCT
Age/sex of GCT
20-40
Males
MOST AFTER GROWTH PLATE CLOSURE
Ddx for GCT
Chondroblastoma (refer out!)
Displaced cartilage from physis.
MC METAPHYSIS OF LONG BONES AND CORTEX BASED
85% IN FEMUR, HUMERUS, TIBIA.
Solitary osteochondroma
Age/sex of osteochondroma
10-35
MC BENIGN SKELETAL TUMOR AND 50% OF BENIGN TUMORS
OSTEOCHONDROMA
Popcorn appearance from calcified cartliage
Osteochodnroma
Bony exostosis
Cartialge cap w/ calcification
Sessile or pedunculated attachment to bone
Osteochondroma
Multiple osteochondromas
Hereditiary multiple exostosis
Benign but malignant degernation in 20%
30% have bayonet wrist deformity
MC benign tumor of spine
Hemangioma
MC in vertebrae and skull
Hemangioma
Age/sex of hemangioma
> 40
Curduroy cloth apperance
Hemangioma
Skull: round or oval lesions with sunburst pattern. Soft tissue: frequently contain phleboliths
Hamngioma
Ddx for hemangioma
Pagets
Osteoporosis