Bone Disorders Flashcards
most common primary bone malignancy
osteosarcoma
most common general location of osteosarcoma
long bones
most common dental relevant location of osteosarcoma
mandible
most common age for osteosarcoma
10-25 (jaw lesions a decade later)
osteosarcoma symptoms
- pain, paresthesia in mandible
- nasal obstruction, epistaxis (nose bleeds) in maxilla
radiographic features - osteosarcoma
- sunburst radiopaque lesions
- PDL widening
osteosarcoma histology
- sarcomatous stroma
- production of osteoid and bone
osteosarcoma - differential diagnosis
- chondrosarcoma
- osteoblastoma
- ossifying fibroma
how can you tell the difference between osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma?
- histologically chondrosarcoma has cartlaginous structures and does NOT have osteoid and bone in the stroma
- chondrosarcoma does not show distinctive deomographics like osteosarcoma
osteosarcoma - treatment
radiation & chemotherapy
chondrosarcoma
malignant neoplasm devoid of osteoid and bone with cartlagenous structures
is chondrosarcoma common or rare?
rare
chondrosarcoma clinical features
- expansion
- loose teeth
- nasal discharge
- pain may be present
chondrosarcoma histological features
- fully developed cartilage
- NO osteoid or bone
- very large nuclei
chondrosarcoma radiographic features
- “cotton wool” calcifications
- widened PDL may be present
mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
dental relevant subtype of chondrosarcoma - more commonly occurs in the mandible
fibrosarcoma
malignant neoplasm of fibroblastic cells
fibrosarcoma: common or rare
rare
fibrosarcoma - age
over 40
what is an important clinical treatment that could potentially cause fibrosarcoma?
radiation therapy
clinical features of fibrosarcoma
- same as any malignancy - NOT characteristic
- mass or swelling common
- pain, paresthesia
- trismus
- MIMICS: SCC which is much more common
can fibrosarcoma occur in children
yes (childhood head and neck fibrosarcoma is a distinct entity)
fibrosarcoma - histological features
- interlacing connective tissue cells (looks like interlaced cable wires)
- cells arranged in fascicles often with a “heringbone” pattern
what are the two forms of fibrosarcoma in children
- desmoplastic
- medullary
which childhood form of fibrosarcoma behaves like the adult form?
desmoplastic fibrosarcoma
which childhood form of fibrosarcoma is less aggressive
medullary fibrosarcoma
how do you treat fibrosarcoma?
complete excision (get it out, radical resection advised)
fibrosarcoma prognosis
not good
langerhans cell histocytosis (LCH)
neoplastic proliferation of langerhans cells with a wide spectrum of biologic behavior
what are the three categories of LCH?
- chronic focal/”eosinophilic granuloma”/unifocal
- chronic disseminated/”Hand-Schüller-Christian disease”/multifocal unisystemic
- acute disseminated/”Letterer-Siwe disease”/multifocal multiple system
need to know the different names
characteristics of the chronic focal/ “eosinophilic granuloma”/unifocal type of LCH
- solitary granuloma
- no soft tissue or organ involvement
- easily treatable
- M > F
- children & young adults
- radiographically - teeth appear to “float in air”, unilocular lesions in skull appear “punched out”
- simple excision or curettage
characteristics of chronic disseminated/ “Hand-Schüller-Christian disease”/multifocal unisystemic type of LCH
- multifocal (affects multiple bones & organs)
- multiple lesions
- multiple sites
- diabetes insipidus
- hisotlogiccally - histocytes & eosinophils
- surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, steroids