Bone Tumors Flashcards
Key radiologic features
Bones involved, location, lytic vs sclerotic, tumor margin/zone of transition, matrix formation, periosteal reaction, soft tissue involvement
Cartilage/chondroid producing tumors
Endochondroma, osteochondroma, chondrosarcoma, chondroblastoma, chondromyxoid fibroma
Bone producing tumors
Osteoid osteoma/osteoblastoma, osteosarcoma
No matrix/unknown cell type
Giant cell tumor of bone, non-ossifying fibroma, Ewing sarcoma, aneurysmal bone cyst, fibrous dysplasia
Enchondroma definition
Benign tumor of hyaline cartilage
Enchondroma age and sex
20-50 years old, males and females equally affected
Enchondroma common locations
Metaphysis of long bones, tubular bones of hands and feet
Enchondroma gross appearance
Lobules of cartilage in medullary cavity
Enchondroma histologic features
Circumscribed lobules of cartilage with low cellularity
Enchondroma syndromes
Ollier’s disease and Maffucci syndrome
Osteochondroma definition
Benign mixed tumor
Osteochondroma age and sex
10-30 years, males and females equally affected
Osteochondroma locations
Long bone metaphysis
Osteochondroma gross appearance
Mushroom shaped growth at metaphysis
Osteochondroma histologic features
Cartilage cap with underlying bone and marrow in stalk, cap points away from joint
Osteochondroma syndromes
Multiple hereditary exostosis (MHE)
Chondrosarcoma definition
Malignant sarcoma that forms cartilage
Chondrosarcoma age and sex
50-70 years, unless associated with syndrome, males and females equally affected
Chondrosarcoma locations
Axial skeleton more often than appendicular skeleton
Chondrosarcoma gross appearance
Can look like enchondroma but often shows destruction of cortex and soft tissue invasion
Chondrosarcoma histologic features
Lobules of more cellular cartilage that entrap host trabecular bone and destroy cortex
Chondrosarcoma syndromes
Ollier’s disease, Maffucci syndrome, multiple hereditary exostosis (MHE), the most common sarcoma in Paget’s disease
Osteoid osteoma/osteoblastoma definition
Circumscribed benign bone tumors
Osteoid osteoma/osteoblastoma age and sex
10-20 years, males more often affected than females