Bone and soft tissue Flashcards
What is the most common primary malignancy of bone?
Multiple myeloma
Name 3 causes of osteomalacia
- Vit D deficiency - X-linked hypophasphatemia - Malabsorption
What is the most common type of collagen found in bone?
-Type 1
Name 3 types of fractures classic for non-accidental injury in children
- Bucket handle # (proximal tibial metaphysis) - Complex skull # - String of pearls #s in paravertebral gutters
What is the prognosis for granular cell tumors?
- Excellent
What is the classic IHC staining pattern in chordoma?
- Brachyury+, S100+, vimentin +
Name 3 factors for local recurrence of chondroblastoma in bone:
- Size - Site - Adequacy of resection
What is the most common causative organism of osteomyelitis in children > 1yr?
- S. aureus
Name 3 risk factors/associations with rheumatoid arthritis:
- MHC Class II antigens (DR) - Female gender - Certain ethnic groups
What is the typical cytogenetic abnormality in low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma?
- t (7;16)
Name 3 clinical features of nodular fasciitis?
- Rapid growth - Found in subcutaneous tissue - History of trauma
The FNC-LCC grading system for soft tissue sarcomas predicts what:
- Likely hood of distant metastases
Alveolar soft part sarcoma demonstrates what ultrastuctural features?
- Rhomboidal crystals
Desmoid tumors (aka deep fibromatosis) are associated with which tumor pathway?
-APC/B-catenin
Give 3 IHC markers positive in leiyomyosarcoma?
- Desmin, H-Caldesmon, actin, +/- some keratin
How are atypical neurofibromas treated?
- Local excision with margin (thin)
A palisading granuloma with central mucin deposition is most characteristic of:
- Granuloma annulare
Name 3 associations with Lyme disease
- Borrelia burgdorferi - Arthropod bites - Synovitis
Name 3 findings in Carney’s disease
- Superficial angiomyxomas - Cardiac myxomas - Spotty skin pigmentation - Endocrine hyperactivity
High-grade bone sarcomas most frequently metastatize to which site?
-Lung
The most common site of extramammary myofibroblastoma is:
- Inguinal region
How much bone loss before osteopenia shows up on x-ray?
- 40%
Ochronosis (alkaptonuria) may result in which post-mortem findings:
- Black discoloration of tracheal rings - Nephrolithiasis - Vertebral anklylosis
What is the most common cause of prosthetic joint failure?
-Aseptic loosening
Classify cartilagenous tumors of bone
- Osteochondroma - Chondroma (enchondroma/periosteal chondroma) - Chondroblastoma - Chondromyxoid fibroma - Chondrosarcoma (conventional, dedifferentiated, mesenchymal, clear cell)
Compare and contrast enchondroma and chondrosarcoma by clinical, radiological, microscopic findings:
Enchondroma: young pts, not painful, 5cm, central (pelvis, long bones), cortical erosiion/destruction & soft tissue extension; micro: hypercellular, cytologic atypia (binucleated, hyperchromatic), Mitoses, necrosis, infiltrative, myxoid matrix
Name hereditary risk factors for the development of chondrosarcoma?
- Multiple enchondromatosis (Maffuci, Ollier) - Hereditary multiple osteochondromas (EXT1 gene)
Define osteomalacia
- A defect in the mineralization of bone resulting in accumulation of osteoid (non-mineralized bone)
List 2 histologic features of osteomalacia
- Increase in osteoid (increased seam thickness, osteoid >25%) - Decreased minerization (smudging, decreasing space between waves) - Multiple #’s
List 3 causes of osteomalacia
- Poor intake (vit D, Calcium or phosphate) - Malabsorption (TPN, no sunlight) - Interfererence/inhibition of mineralization (acidosis, FE, fluoride, aluminum) - impaired reabsorption (x-linked hypophosphatemic rickets, renal tubular defects) - drugs (phenytoin, rifampin, isoniazid, phenobarb) - Hepatobiliary disease (binding by bile acids) - Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors - Vitamin D resistant rickets (calcitriol receptor defect)
Describe handling and processing of bone biopsy for metabolic bone disease
- Fix in 70% alcohol (to preserve tetracycline label) - No decal - Embed in plastic (glycol/methyl methacrylate) - Prepare 5-10 micro sections cut and stained with H&E, von Kossa for measurement of mineralized bone vs osteoid - Do other stains as needed (iron, etc.) - Cut unstained sections for fluorescent microscopy
Differentiate gout from pseudogout in tissue sections
Gout: long, needle shaped, brown/white on H&E, negative birefringence (yellow) aligned with red compensator, ++giant cell response CPPD: square/rhomboid, magenta on H&E, positive birefringence (blue), occasionally giant cell response
How do you handle a fresh specimen for gout?
- monoSodium urate is soluble in water (formalin has water!), so do touch preps and fix in alcohol - stain as usual - polarize with compensator
List 3 findings at autopsy in a patient with gout
- Gouty tophi (soft tissue collections of urate) toes, fingers, ear, elbow - Nephrolithiasis - Uric acid deposits in synovium , menisci - Joint deformities
List 3 non-genetic risk factors for gout
- Diabetes - HTN - Lymphoproliferative disease - Obesity - High purine diet +/- ETOH - Renal insufficiency - Hyperparathyroidism - medications (diuretics) - hypothyroidism
Describe CPPD findings on a typical knee x-ray
-A linear, radio-opaque deposition in joint space (CPPD dehydrate deposition in the menisci)
Define Osteoporosis
- Decrease in the amount of bone, so that microarchitecture is weakened and prone to spontaneous fracture
List 5 causes of osteoporosis or conditions associated with osteoporosis
- Postmenopausal/older age - Thins or small framed caucasian women - Endocrine abnormalities (estrogen deficiency, acromegaly, adrenocortical insufficiency, hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, hypopituitarism) - Drugs (steroids, alcohol, anticonvulsants, heparin) - Infiltrative marrow disease (lymphoma, gaucher, mets) - Inactivity, immobilization - Diet (low vit D, calcium, high protein) - Smoking
List 3 common sites of # in osteoporosis
- Verebrae (compression #) - Femur (head of, neck of) - Distal radius (colle’s) - Proximal humerus
Define Paget disease of bone
- Genetic skeletal disorder characterized by the activation of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, resulting in abnormal bone remodelling (‘uncoupling”, with osteoclasts predominating first then osteoblasts (3 phases)