Bone Pathology I Flashcards

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What are the categories of Osteodystrophy

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  1. Genetic Diseases
  2. Metabolic Diseases
  3. Others or unknown causes
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What Osteodystrophic diseases are considered genetic diseases

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Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteoporosis
Cleidocranial Dysplasia
Cherubism
Hypophosphatasia
Vitamin D-resistant rickets
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What Osteodystrophic diseases are considered metabolic diseases

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Rickets
Steomalacia
Hyperparathyroidism
Renal osteodystrophy

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What Osteodystrophic diseases are classified as either others or unknown causes

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Paget's disease of bone
Fibrous dysplasia
Aneurysmal bone cyst
Idiopathic osteosclerosis
Focal osteoporotic bone marrow defect
Bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of jaw
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Most common inherited bone disease

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Osteogenesis imperfecta

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Pathology of Osteogenesis imperfecta

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Mutations in collagen type I

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Symptoms and presentation of Osteogenesis imperfecta

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Bone fragility and deformity
Joint hyper extensibility
Hearing loss
Blue sclera
\+-opalescent teeth (dentinogenesis imperfecta)
  • Abnormal collagen result in bones with a thin cortex and osteoporosis which are soft and prone to fracture.
  • Bones characterized by bowing, angulation and deformity
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Describe the different forms and inheritability of Osteogenesis imperfecta

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Type I-IV
Autosomal dominant or recessive
- Severity varies

Rare form with florid cemento-osseus dysplasia

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Management of Osteogenesis imperfecta

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Physiotherapy
Orthopedic therapy
Bisphosphonates, IV or oral, for more severe patients but long term outcome in pediatric patients unknown

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What is Osteopetrosis (Marble bone disease)

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Defect in osteoclast function

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Describe the genetic inheritance of infantile osteopetrosis

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Autosomal recessive

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Characteristics of infantile osteopetrosis

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Severe
Sclerotic skeleton
Marrow failure (anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, osteomyelitis)
Facial deformity
Neurological deficit (paralysis, blindness, deafness)

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Describe the genetic inheritance of Adult osteopetrosis

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Autosomal dominant

- Mild, 40% asymptomatic

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Dental considerations for Osteopetrosis

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Jaws affected
Although bones denser, they are more fragile
Fractures
Fracture and osteomyelitis after both extraction

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Management of Infantile osteopetrosis

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Prognosis poor

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Management of Adult osteopetrosis

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Variable prognosis, some long term survival

  • Bone marrow transplantation
  • Other experimental protocols
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What is Cleidocranial Dysplasia

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Defect of differentiation of osteoblasts and a subset of chondrocytes caused by mutations

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Describe the genetic inheritance of Cleidocranial dysplasia

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Autosomal dominant or somatic mutation

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Clinical characteristics or features of Cleidocranial Dysplasia

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Short stature
Frontal bossing
Patent fontanels
Late closure of cranial sutures
Absence or hypoplasia of the clavicles
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Dental characteristics of Cleidocranial Dysplasia

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Retention of deciduous teeth
Delayed eruption of permanent teeth
Supernumerary teeth
+- narrow high arched plate

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Prognosis and management of Cleidocranial Dysplasia

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  • Prognosis good and no treatment for the developmental bone disorder
  • Dental treatment planning based on clinical findings
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What is the genetic inheritability of Cherubism

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Autosomal dominant or spontaneous mutation

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Clinical characteristics of Cherubism

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Bilateral post. mandibular painless swelling
Maxillary swelling push the orbital base upward
Upturned eyes
Rounded eyes

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When is cherubism most common?

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Average 7 y/o (14 months - 12 y/o)

Progress until puberty then slowly regress

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Radiographic features of Cherubism

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  • Radiolucency
  • Usually multilocular
  • Bilateral of posterior mandible
  • Often from mandibular notch on one side to contralateral side
  • Usually with maxillary involvement also
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Histopathology of Cherubism

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Giant cell granulomas

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What is the natural history of Cherubism

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stabilization around puberty and often regression

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What is hypophosphatasia

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Mutations of non-specific alkaline phosphatase (liver-, bone-, or kidney-type)

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What is the genetic inheritability of Hypophosphatasia

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Variable degrees of expression

- Autosomal dominant or recessive

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Clinical characteristics of Hypophosphatasia

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  • Reduces levels of ALP in liver, bone, kidney, intestine and serum
  • Increased levels of blood and urinary phosphor-ethanolamine
  • Bone abnormalities similar to rickets

Dental: Premature loss of primary (or permanent) teeth due to lack of cementum

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What is the genetic inheritability of Vitamin D-resistant Rickets (Hereditary hypophosphatemia)

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X-linked dominant trait
severity varies

Caused by mutations

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Clinical characteristics of Vitamin D-resistant Rickets

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  • Decreased reabsorption of phosphate from renal tubules
  • Decreased intestinal absorption of calcium
  • Hypophosphatemia
  • Shortened lower body segment?

Dental:

  • Large pulp horns extending to DEJ
  • Cleft in dentin
  • Periodical abscess
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Vit D deficiency during infancy = ?

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Rickets

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Vit D deficiency during adulthood = ?

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Osteomalacia

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Describe the clinical characteristics of Rickets

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Growth retardation
Prominence of the costochondral junctions
Bowing of the legs

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Describe the clinical characteristics of Osteomalacia

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Weak bone
Fractures
Diffuse skeletal pain

37
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Describe Primary Hyperparathyroidism

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Parathyroid adenoma (80-90%) or hyperplasia

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Demographics of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

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> 60 y/o

Increase in females

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Pathology of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

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Increase in PTH = Increase bone resorption = increase serum Ca

40
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Describe Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

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Secondary to chronic renal disease

  • Vitamin D Activation in kidney decreases
  • Absorption of calcium in intestine decreases
  • Serum calcium decreases = PTH increases
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Clinical characteristics of Hyperparathyroidism

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  • Stones, bone and abdominal groans
  • Kidney stones, calcifications in b.v.
  • Subperiosteal resorption of the phalanges of the fingers
  • Loss of lamina dura
  • Ground glass trabecular pattern
  • Brown tumor (radiolucency)
  • Renal osteodystrophy (secondary hyperpara)
  • Duodenal ulcers
  • Histo of brown tumor: indistinguishable from central giant cell granuloma
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What is Renal Osteodystrophy

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Complication of secondary hyperparathyroidism in end-stage renal stage

  • Enlargement of the jaws
  • Radiography: Ground glass pattern
  • Histology: fibre-osseous lesion
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Describe Paget’s disease of bone

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Accelerated resorption and deposition of bone

- ultimately osteoblasts win and bones become sclerotic, larger and brittle

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Demographics of Paget’s disease of bone

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Geographic variance in prevalence
White
Male predominant
Older than 40 yrs

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Clinical characteristics of Paget’s disease of bone

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Monostotic but increased Polyostotic

  • Bone pain
  • Deformity
  • Weakened bone
  • Can be asymptomatic
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Etiology of Paget’s disease of bone

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Paramyxovirus infection;

Genetic factor

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Radiographic features of Paget’s disease of bone

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Well defined RL –> Mixed RL/RO –> Cotton wool-like RO

Generalized hypercementosis

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How to diagnose Paget’s disease of bone

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  • Clinical
  • Radiographic
  • Laboratory (increase alk phosphatase; usually normal Ca, increase urinary hydroxyproline)
  • Scintigraphical findings
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Complications of Paget’s disease of bone

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Fracture

Malignant transformation

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What is Fibrous dysplasia

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  • A postzygotic mutation
  • Bones become replaced with fibrous tissue and immature bone

Gene encodes stimulatory G protein alpha subunit, activates adenylyl cyclase –> cAMP, Affects differentiation of preosteoblasts, prolonged activation stimulates endocrine receptors

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Anatomic distribution of Fibrous Dysplasia

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80-85% Monostotic
Polyostotic
Craniofacial
Polyostotic with café au lait spots (Jaffe-Lichtenstein syn. )
Polyostotic with café au lait spots (McCune-Albright Syn.)

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Clinical features and demographics of Fibrous Dysplasia

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  • 1-2 decades
  • equal in males and females
  • Long bone: pain and fracture
  • Craniofacial: expansion and disfigurement, crosses suture lines
  • Craniofacial involved about 1/3
  • CFFD may compress vital structures
  • Optic nerve compression may result in blindness
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McCune-Albright Syndrome

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Somatic mosaicism accounts for clinical diversity

  • Hyperendocrine function: > gonads, thyroid
  • Sexual precocity, > girls
  • Café au last spots within first two years, irregular margins
  • Polyostotic, > long bones, CFFD in 1/4
  • CFFD morbidity assoc with > GH
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Radiographic features of Fibrous Dysplasia

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  • Early lesions radiolucent –> mixed –> ground glass opacity
  • Margins blend
  • cortical expansion
  • cortical reaction absent
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Demographic and locations of Central Giant Cell Granuloma

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Female > Male
Before 30 years of age
70% in mandible
Anterior jaws and classically crosses the midline

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Clinical features of Central giant Cell granuloma

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Nonaggressive
- Asymptomatic, Slow growth, no cortical perforation or root resorption

Aggressive
- Pain, rapid growth, cortical perforation and root resorption

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Radiographic features of Central giant Cell Granuloma

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Unilocular to multilocular radiolucency
Margins tend to be noncorticated
+- Cortical perforation or expansion
+- Root resorption

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What is an Aneurysmal Bone Cyst

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An intraosseous accumulation of variable-sized, blood-filled spaces surrounded by cellular fibrous tissue with giant cells

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Demographics of Aneurysmal Bone Cysts

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Most common in long bones or vertebrae
2% in jaws
Children and young adults

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Clinical features of Aneurysmal bone cyst

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Rapid swelling, pain

Unilocular or multi-locular RL

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Radiographic findings of Aneurysmal bone cyst

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Radiolucent, unilocular but > multilocular
Cortex often expanded and thinned or perforated
Borders can be well defined or diffuse

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Demographics of Idiopathic Osteosclerosis

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Blacks, Chinese, Japanese
No gender predilection
90% in Md, > 1st molar
80% contact tooth root

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Clinical features of Idiopathic Osteosclerosis

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Characteristically no pain or expansion
Rarely root resorption
Easily confused with condensing osteitis but tooth is VITAL

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Radiographic findings of Idiopathic Osteosclerosis

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Well defined radiopacity, may be asymmetric
Typically without a radiolucent halo but blends
80% contact a tooth root
Occasionally show root resorption
Diagnosis can usually be made on clinical and radiographic features

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What is Focal Osteoporotic Bone Marrow defect

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An asymptomatic radiolucent lesion

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Demographics of Focal Osteoporotic Bone Marrow defect

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Middle aged females
- theory: secondary to low grade anemia

70% in posterior mandible
Often at site of previous extraction

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Radiographic findings of Focal Osteoporotic Bone Marrow defect

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radiolucency often with fine internal trabeculation

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Diagnosis of Focal Osteoporotic Bone Marrow defect

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Incisional biopsy may be necessary to establish diagnosis