MIDTERM TUMOR Flashcards
What are common sites of neoplasms?
FEMUR, pelvis, humerus
(UNCOMMON in spine)
Osteosarcom neoplasm %
50-55%
Fibrosarcoma neoplasm %
20-25%
Chondrosarcoma neoplasm %
10%
What is a neoplasm?
Abnormal cellular growth that can be benign or malignant
- Malignant: Ability to metastasize/spread
- Benign: Does not metastasize, but this does not mean insignificant
Any cell found in bone can produce ______
a tumor
* Subdivided by what type of cell it comes from
If a tumor originates in bone it is called a _____
primary bone tumor
What is a secondary bone tumor basic definition?
Starts somewhere else and metastasizes to bone
What is a tumor like lesion?
Lesions that radiographically appear as tumors but are not histo-pathologically classified as a tumor - usually produce geographic radiolucency

Primary bone tumors, benign category:
- Osteoma - MOST COMMON, intramembranous bone tumor, dont hurt
- Osteoid Osteoma - not as common, HURT
- Osteoblastoma - RARE, but half occur in spine

Describe conventional osteosarcomas:
Most of these are central sclerotic (about 75%) originate from inside the bone and loves the distal femoral metaphysis
- 72% (over 2/3 of all osteosarcomas)

What is multifocal Osteosarcomatosis?
Most often in children in first decade, nearly always fatal

Osteosarcoma can be from post therapeutic radiation, t/f
true

What type of malignant bone tumor is extremely vascular?
Telangiectatic

What type of tumor can become an ostoesarcoma?
Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma

What osteosarcoma originates in the soft tissue attached to the bone?
Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma
What is a tumor of the cortical bone?
Chondroma, and it is a common benign

What is a benign bone tumor that is inside the bone?
Enchondroma

Is osteochondroma benign or malignant?
Benign

What is a fibromyxoid chondroma?
Tumor made of fibrous mucus cartilage
- Dominant content is cartilage
- Loves the TIBIA - rare to be anywhere else
BENIGN

What is a chondroblastoma?
High concentration found in the epiphysis - where chondroblasts are located - may spread into rest of bone
BENIGN**

What are the 3 Malignant cartilage Tumors?
- Primary Chondrosarcoma
- Secondary Chondrosarcoma
- Clear cell chondrosarcoma

What is primary chondrosarcoma?
Didn’t require anything else for it to be there, it originates by itself

What is secondary chondrosarcoma?
From a preexisting benign tumor that malignantly degenerate - can be multiple
- Central secondary chondrosarcoma - From ENCHONDROMA, central is inside the bone in medullary cavity or cortex
- Peripheral - OSTEOCHONDROMA - located external to the bone, looks like a trunk/stalk of broccoli coming off

Malignant bone tumr =
Osteosarcoma
Peripheral secondary chondrosarcoma comes from _____ ?
Osteochondroma

What is clear cell chondrosarcoma?
Usually near a joint, mistaken for chondroblastoma

What is one of the more common bone tumors?
Giant cell tumor of bone/osteoclastoma

What are the characteristics of Giant cell tumor?
- Classically expansile soap bubble lesion
- about 1 in 5 are malignant
- “Quasi - malignant” can go either way - 80% malignant

Where do giant cell tumors most likey occur?
At the knee (HURT)

Ewings Sarcoma is in what category?
Marrow tumor (round cell tumor)
- Classically gives laminated periosteal reaction
- moth eaten appearance
- big tubular bone in young children

What is the most common primary bone malignancy in first decade (peak in teenagers)?
EWINGS SARCOMA
- dont confuse Leukemia, which is the most common malignancy in the first decade

What category is Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma under? (NHL)
Marrow tumor (round cell tumor: malignant)

What is the most common primary bone malignancy?
_Multiple Myeloma**** TEST_

Where would you see true punched out lesions?
Multiple Myeloma

Explain Myelomatosis:
Form of multiple myeloma:
- Produces osteopenia, looks like osteoporosis - will also have weakness and fatigue due to anemia - radiographically will look the same

What will plasmacytoma have?
Geographic soap bubble lesion

What is “extra osseous” ?
Branch of multiple myeloma
- Mass in nasal pharynx (difficulty breathing), very uncommon

What is under the Benign Vascular and Connective Tissue tumor?
Hemangioma - produces localized coarsening of the trabecular pattern

What is the “Malignant vascular tumor?’
Fibrosarcoma

What is the notochord remnant tumor?
Chordoma - most often found in Clivus, C2, sacro-coccygeal, will cross the joint

What are the key points of osteolytic mets?
- Destroys by physical bulk and restricting osteoblasts
- 80% of metastasis found in spine, ribs and pelvis with another 10% found in cranium
- Rarely go beyond the elbow and knee
What accelerates osteoblasts?
Osteoblastic mets

Pic of mixed mets
What are 2 of the most common benign bone tumors?
Chondroma and Solitary Osteochondroma - asymptomatic
How can tumors be classified?
- They can be classified by location of where they originate - most often from the metaphysis

What are the top “Malignant Tumors” ?
MOCEF - top 5 primary malignant
- Multiple Myeloma: Over 40
- Osteosarcoma: under 30
- Chondrosarcoma: 40 - 60
- Ewing’s: Under 40
- Fibrosarcoma: 30 - 60

Central secondary chondrosarcoma comes from _____
Enchondroma
Marrow tumors, aka:
round cell tumors
What is the common theme with marrow tumors (round cell tumors)?
_Occur in diaphysis and are all MALGINANT AND DESTRUCTIVE ******_
What are secondary tumors?
Metastatic tumors in bone
Vast majority of secondary tumors are _____
Hematogenous
Osteolytic mets is a _____
secondary tumor
What has 75% occurence %, osteolytic mets or osteoblastic mets?
Osteolytic
What is in the “Tumor Like” category?
- Not exhaustive list
- Fibrous dysplasia - as common as Paget’s
If a tumor is most likely benign, what will it’s characteristics be?
- Almost always originate before age of 30 (with exception of giant cell tumor 20-40 years old)
KNOW THIS***
Primary Bone Tumors:
- Bone Forming Tumors
- Cartilage Forming Tumors
- Giant Cell Tumor of Bone/Osteoclastoma
- Marrow Tumors (Round Cell Tumors)
- Vascular and Connective Tissue Tumors
- Notochord Remnant Tumor
What are the Bone forming primary bone tumors?
-
Benign
- Osteoma
- Osteoid Osteoma
- Osteoblastoma
-
Malignant - Osteosarcomas
- Conventional Osteosarcoma
- 72% central
- 75% sclerotic
- 25% lytic
- Parosteal Os 4%
- Periosteal Os 1%
- Multifocal Os/osteosarcomatosis 1%
- Osteosarcoma of Jaw - 6%
- Post Radiation Os - 4%
- Os in Paget’s disease - 3%
- Os Degeneration from benign condition - 1%
- Telangiectatic Os - 3%
- Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma - 3%
- Extraskeletal Os. < 1%
- Conventional Osteosarcoma
What are the Benign Cartilage Forming Tumors?
- Benign
- Chodnroma/Enchondroma
- Solitary Osteochondroma
- Chondromyxoid Fibroma/Fibromyxoid Chondroma
- Chondroblastoma
What are the malignant Cartilage forming tumors?
Malignant
- Primary Chondrosarcoma - arise de novo
- Secondary Chondrosarcoma - from preexisting benign tumor
- Central - From enchondroma
- Peripheral - From Osteochondroma
- Clear cell chondrosarcoma - mistaken form chondroblastoma, low grade
- Extra Skeletal - Rare
What are the marrow tumors (round cell tumors?)
- Ewing’s Sarcoma
- NHL (non hodgkin lymphoma) of bone/reticulum cell sarcoma
- Multiple Myeloma
What are the branches of multiple myeloma?
- Classical MM
- Myelomatosis
- Plasmacytoma
- Extra Osseous MM
Vascular and Connective Tissue tumors are in what category, what are their subcategories?
It is in the category of “primary bone tumor”
- Benign - Hemangioma
- Malignant - Fibrosarcoma
Metastatic Tumors in bone - most common skeletal malginancy
- Osteolytic Mets
- Osteoblastic Mets
- Mixed Mets
Tumor Like Conditions:
PRIMARY BONE TUMORS
- Solitary bone cyst/Unicameral bone cyst
- Aneurysmal bone cyst
- Fibrous Cortical defect and nonossifying fibroma
- Fibrous Dysplasia
- Brown Tumor of hyperparathyroidism
- Pseudotumors of Hemophilia
- Large Arthritic Cysts/Geode
If it’s a benign tumor they overwhelmingly originate when?
Before the Age of 30
If a tumor is asymptomatic and benign, it may not show till ____
age 50
When does Giant cell tumor usually occur?
20-40 this is an exception
Metastisis happens how?
Through Vascular system
Big 6 strongest potential to spread?
- Breast - females 70%
- Lung - 25%
- Prostate - Males 60%
- Kidney
- Ewing’s
- Neuroblastoma
*** Breast, lung, prostate, and kidney account for 80%
Where does lytic Mets come from?
Physical bulk - pressure from the tumor taking up space which impedes the osteoblasts
- More common (75% of metastasis destroys)
Approximately 80% of all osseous metastases will be found _____
In the axial skeleton
- 28% ribs
- 39% vertebra
- 13% bony pelvis
10 % of skeletal metastasis will be found in the cranium
10% extremities
Is Enostosis primary or secondary bone tumor?
Primary
AKA BONE ISLAND
What is enostosis classified as?
Tumorlike, usually an incidental finding, and is asymptomatic
What are the characteristics of Enostosis?
- Rare in children
- Osteosclerotic bone lesion
- Can be considered a hamartoma (benign tumor that is multicellular and has all the cells of the host tissue)
Where is the location of Enostosis?
Intramedullary Location - usually up against inner surface of cortex
- Composed of normal appearing compact lamellar bone with haversian canals
- Blends with surround trabecular bone creating irregular margin
What is the radiological appearance of Enostosis
- Round to oval (.2 - 2 cm) osteoblastic area
- Epiphyseal or metaphyseal
- Bone scan NORMAL
95 % no need for further radiologic evaluation
WHat is the differential diagnosis for Enostosis?
Osteoblastic Mets, osteoma, osteoid osteoma, low grade osteosarcoma
Osteoblastic mets ____
HURTS
low grade osteosarcoma is ____
PAINFUL
When would you take a biopsy of Enostosis?
Increase in size of 25% in 6 months
Bony pelivs is a common site to see ____
enostosis
Giant bone island is a _____
Enostosis that is > 2-3 cm in size
More likely to have increased activity on bone scan
What are the possible diseases related to Enostosis?
- Osteopoikilosis
- Osteopathia Striata
- Melorheostosis
Osteopoikilosis =
Periarticular bone islands
Osteopathia Striata =
Lesions are more elongated in periarticular pattern, Vooerheve disease, fan-like bands in flat bones
What are the 3 common characteristics of Melorheostosis?
- Osteosclerotic bone disorder
- Often symptomatic (pain, decreased ROM, contractures, limb swelling, bowing)
- Scleroderma - like skin lesions over osseous changes
What is the radiology of Melorheostosis?
o Osseous excrescences often exuberant and lobulated along bone surface
o Single limb—more common lower extremity
o Also endosteal involvement may extend into marrow space
o Intense activity on bone scan
o Long drippy bone island
Benign Bone forming:
OSTEOMA
OSTEOID OSTEOMA
OSTEOBLASTOMA
Osteoma aka:
Ivory Exostosis
What is a benign, slow growing hamartomatous lesion composed of well differentiated mature bone?
Osteoma
What is the defect in Osteoma?
One resorption or formation during skeletal maturation
What does osteoma arises beneath?
Endosteum from inner surface of cortex
What causes surrounding reactive bone formation in Osteomas?
Elevation of periosteum from underlying bone
Osteoma is a bone of _____
Intramembranous origin
Extracranial Osteoms -
.03% of bone biopsied primary bone lesions
Paranasal sinus osteomas -
.4%
Most have a osteosclerotic lesion in a frontal or ethmoid lesion
What are the associated abnormailities with Osteoma?
- Gardner’s Syndrome
- Mutation of Adenmatous Polyposis Coli Gene (5q21)
- Multiple osteomas, intestinal polypsos, soft tissue desmoid tumors
- Bone lesions may precede intestinal polyposis
Describe Gardner’s Syndrome in Osteoma:
- Autosomal Dominant
- Syndrome of hamartomatous tumors in different locations
- One of the key findings - osteomas
- Will develop color cancer (precursor to colon cancer)
In osteoma, most just have ____
single solitary osteoma
What are the clinical issues associated with Osteoma?
- Small lesions usually asymptomatic
- Project away from cortical surface
- Palpable enlarging osseous mass
What is the nasal issue with Osteoma?
- Large oseomain paranasal sinus may obstruct nasal ducts
- Can erode wall of cranial fossa and dura
- Can cause mucocele, sinusitis, headache, pain
What can osteoma tumors near orbit cause?
Cause exopthalmosis, double vision, vision loss
What about the Hx of Osteoma:
- Found before 30 but can be seen anytime
- EQUAL GENDER
- No malginant potential
What looks identical to bone island but has different location?
Osteoma
What does Osteoma look like radiographically?
(first 3)
- Well defined round dense sclerotic lesion attach to underlying bone
- Vast majority in frontal and ethmoid sinus
- DENSE ivory like sclerotic mass
What does Osteoma look like radiographically?
(last 3)
- No satellite lesions
- Low signal on MRI
- Plain film is good to see them
OSTEOID OSTEOMA: main characteristics
- Painful!
- Produce dense periosteal reaction
- Can regress spontaneously - infarction
- Local swelling and point tenderness
What is Osteoid Osteoma characterized by?
Nidus less than 1 cm of osteoid/woven bone is vascular tissue surrounded by zone of reactive sclerosis
What is elevated in Osteoid Osteoma?
Prostaglandin E2 elevated 100-1000 times within Nidus (pain and vasodilation)
Describe the nidus in Osteoid osteoma:
Radiolucent and is the actual tumor
Pain is worse at night with what tumor?
Osteoid Osteoma
Whats the origin of Osteoid Osteoma?
Unknown, inflammatory, traumatic, vascular, viral
What is a distinguishing characteristic of Osteoid Osteoma?
These can produce a painful scoliosis, and they happen in the spine (lean into a legion)
Osteoid Osteoma is more common in ______
males 2-3:1
What are the first 4 radiological features of Osteoid Osteoma?
- Long bones are common
- Metaphysis/Diaphysis
- Phalanges of hands and feet
- Spine (10%)
- Posterior Elements 90% - posterior arch lamina
- Vertebral body 10%
What are the last 5-6 radiological features of osteoid osteoma?
- Cortical: 70-80%
- Radiolucent Nidus < 1.5 cm with surrounding dense sclerosis
- Periosteal reaction may be present
- Medullary: 25%
- CT - well defined, round oval nidus surrounded by sclerosis
- MRI - T1 WI nidus isointense to muscle
What does osteoid osteoma look like on bone scan?
lights up
(will have a solid dense periosteal reaction)
OSTEOBLASTOMA aka:
Giant osteoid osteoma, osteogenic fibroma
What is Osteoblastoma characterized by?
- Production of osteoid and woven bone
- Lesion > 1.5 cm
- Histology similar to osteoid osteoma
What are the %’s associated with Osteoblastoma?
< 1% of primary bone tumors
3% benign bone tumor
Describe Osteoblastoma:
- Circumscribed mass, often surrounded by shell of cortical bone or periosteum
- Sharp interphase between lesion and cancellous bone
What does the nidus look like in Osteoblastoma?
- 2-10 cm, friable, deep red (highly vascular)
- Very vascular connective tissue stroma with interconnecting trabecular bone
What are the symptoms of osteoblastoma?
- Dull, localized pain of insidious onset
- Pain rarely interferes with sleep
- Localized swelling, tenderness, and decreased ROM
- Doesnt respond well to aspirin
Osteoblastoma originates ____
under 30
Osteoblastoma gender pref.
2-3:1 in males
WHat can Ostoeblastoma have?
Foci of aggressive stage 3 lesion (prone to aneurysmal bone cysts formation)
RECURRENCE AFTER resection = 10-25%
In aggressive osteoblastoma, the recurrence is ____ %
50
First 4 things of Osteoblastoma (radiology):
- 30-50% SPINAL
- Posterior elements –> 60% spinous, transverse process, pedicle
- Posterior elements with extension into vertebral body 25%
- Vertebral body 15%
- Long bones, 30% originate in metaphysis
What are the 5-8 radiographic features of Osteoblastoma?
- Hands and feet 15%
- Skull and Jaw 15%
- Pelvis 5%
- Expansile, lytic circumscribed lesion
- Reactive sclerosis 60%
Last radiologic features of Osteoblastoma:
- CAN rapidly increase in size
- Secondary aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC): 16% can look exactly the same
- NECT: Expansile, lytic lesion with or without matrix mineralization
- Can be purely radiolucent inside, speckled (inside matrix), or sclerotic looking
KEY IS EXPANSION
MALIGNANT PRIMARY BONE TUMORS:
Osteosarcoma, aka Osteogenic Osteosarcoma
What is the main definition of Osteosarcoma?
Malignant tumor with ability to produce osteoid directly from neoplastic cells
Talk about the growth rate of Osteosarcoma:
Frequency of tumor occurence corresponds to greatest growth rate during adolescence
What is chemically happening in osteosarcoma?
Overexpression of P-glycogen in OGS cells with propensity for metastasis and rx failure
alteration in Rb genes in OGS
Think of osteosarcoma as ____
osteoblastic malignant tumor
Periosteal reaction of osteosarcoma =
Spiculated
2nd primary bone tumor is ____
Osteosarcoma (MOCEF)
When does osteosarcoma peak?
teens
Where is the most common location for osteosarcoma?
Distal femoral metaphysis
Osteosarcomatosis survival:
Change low
Where will osteosarcoma metastasize to?
LUNG
Osteosarcoma has a majority of unknown origin, primary, but secondary to predisposing factors are:
- Paget’s Disease (4th stage)
- Bone infarction
- Radiation
What is the most common malignant primary bone tumor in young adults and children?
Osteosarcoma
What are common sites of neoplasms?
FEMUR, pelvis, humerus
(UNCOMMON in spine)
Osteosarcom neoplasm %
50-55%
Fibrosarcoma neoplasm %
20-25%
Chondrosarcoma neoplasm %
10%
What is a neoplasm?
Abnormal cellular growth that can be benign or malignant
- Malignant: Ability to metastasize/spread
- Benign: Does not metastasize, but this does not mean insignificant
Any cell found in bone can produce ______
a tumor
* Subdivided by what type of cell it comes from
If a tumor originates in bone it is called a _____
primary bone tumor
What is a secondary bone tumor basic definition?
Starts somewhere else and metastasizes to bone
What is a tumor like lesion?
Lesions that radiographically appear as tumors but are not histo-pathologically classified as a tumor - usually produce geographic radiolucency

Primary bone tumors, benign category:
- Osteoma - MOST COMMON, intramembranous bone tumor, dont hurt
- Osteoid Osteoma - not as common, HURT
- Osteoblastoma - RARE, but half occur in spine

Describe conventional osteosarcomas:
Most of these are central sclerotic (about 75%) originate from inside the bone and loves the distal femoral metaphysis
- 72% (over 2/3 of all osteosarcomas)

What is multifocal Osteosarcomatosis?
Most often in children in first decade, nearly always fatal

Osteosarcoma can be from post therapeutic radiation, t/f
true

What type of malignant bone tumor is extremely vascular?
Telangiectatic

What type of tumor can become an ostoesarcoma?
Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma

What osteosarcoma originates in the soft tissue attached to the bone?
Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma
What is a tumor of the cortical bone?
Chondroma, and it is a common benign

What is a benign bone tumor that is inside the bone?
Enchondroma

Is osteochondroma benign or malignant?
Benign

What is a fibromyxoid chondroma?
Tumor made of fibrous mucus cartilage
- Dominant content is cartilage
- Loves the TIBIA - rare to be anywhere else
BENIGN

What is a chondroblastoma?
High concentration found in the epiphysis - where chondroblasts are located - may spread into rest of bone
BENIGN**

What are the 3 Malignant cartilage Tumors?
- Primary Chondrosarcoma
- Secondary Chondrosarcoma
- Clear cell chondrosarcoma

What is primary chondrosarcoma?
Didn’t require anything else for it to be there, it originates by itself

What is secondary chondrosarcoma?
From a preexisting benign tumor that malignantly degenerate - can be multiple
- Central secondary chondrosarcoma - From ENCHONDROMA, central is inside the bone in medullary cavity or cortex
- Peripheral - OSTEOCHONDROMA - located external to the bone, looks like a trunk/stalk of broccoli coming off

Malignant bone tumr =
Osteosarcoma
Peripheral secondary chondrosarcoma comes from _____ ?
Osteochondroma

What is clear cell chondrosarcoma?
Usually near a joint, mistaken for chondroblastoma

What is one of the more common bone tumors?
Giant cell tumor of bone/osteoclastoma

What are the characteristics of Giant cell tumor?
- Classically expansile soap bubble lesion
- about 1 in 5 are malignant
- “Quasi - malignant” can go either way - 80% malignant

Where do giant cell tumors most likey occur?
At the knee (HURT)

Ewings Sarcoma is in what category?
Marrow tumor (round cell tumor)
- Classically gives laminated periosteal reaction
- moth eaten appearance
- big tubular bone in young children

What is the most common primary bone malignancy in first decade (peak in teenagers)?
EWINGS SARCOMA
- dont confuse Leukemia, which is the most common malignancy in the first decade

What category is Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma under? (NHL)
Marrow tumor (round cell tumor: malignant)

What is the most common primary bone malignancy?
_Multiple Myeloma**** TEST_

Where would you see true punched out lesions?
Multiple Myeloma

Explain Myelomatosis:
Form of multiple myeloma:
- Produces osteopenia, looks like osteoporosis - will also have weakness and fatigue due to anemia - radiographically will look the same

What will plasmacytoma have?
Geographic soap bubble lesion

What is “extra osseous” ?
Branch of multiple myeloma
- Mass in nasal pharynx (difficulty breathing), very uncommon

What is under the Benign Vascular and Connective Tissue tumor?
Hemangioma - produces localized coarsening of the trabecular pattern

What is the “Malignant vascular tumor?’
Fibrosarcoma

What is the notochord remnant tumor?
Chordoma - most often found in Clivus, C2, sacro-coccygeal, will cross the joint

What are the key points of osteolytic mets?
- Destroys by physical bulk and restricting osteoblasts
- 80% of metastasis found in spine, ribs and pelvis with another 10% found in cranium
- Rarely go beyond the elbow and knee
What accelerates osteoblasts?
Osteoblastic mets

Pic of mixed mets
What are 2 of the most common benign bone tumors?
Chondroma and Solitary Osteochondroma - asymptomatic
How can tumors be classified?
- They can be classified by location of where they originate - most often from the metaphysis

What are the top “Malignant Tumors” ?
MOCEF - top 5 primary malignant
- Multiple Myeloma: Over 40
- Osteosarcoma: under 30
- Chondrosarcoma: 40 - 60
- Ewing’s: Under 40
- Fibrosarcoma: 30 - 60

Central secondary chondrosarcoma comes from _____
Enchondroma
Marrow tumors, aka:
round cell tumors
What is the common theme with marrow tumors (round cell tumors)?
_Occur in diaphysis and are all MALGINANT AND DESTRUCTIVE ******_
What are secondary tumors?
Metastatic tumors in bone
Vast majority of secondary tumors are _____
Hematogenous
Osteolytic mets is a _____
secondary tumor
What has 75% occurence %, osteolytic mets or osteoblastic mets?
Osteolytic
What is in the “Tumor Like” category?
- Not exhaustive list
- Fibrous dysplasia - as common as Paget’s
If a tumor is most likely benign, what will it’s characteristics be?
- Almost always originate before age of 30 (with exception of giant cell tumor 20-40 years old)
KNOW THIS***
Primary Bone Tumors:
- Bone Forming Tumors
- Cartilage Forming Tumors
- Giant Cell Tumor of Bone/Osteoclastoma
- Marrow Tumors (Round Cell Tumors)
- Vascular and Connective Tissue Tumors
- Notochord Remnant Tumor
What are the Bone forming primary bone tumors?
-
Benign
- Osteoma
- Osteoid Osteoma
- Osteoblastoma
-
Malignant - Osteosarcomas
- Conventional Osteosarcoma
- 72% central
- 75% sclerotic
- 25% lytic
- Parosteal Os 4%
- Periosteal Os 1%
- Multifocal Os/osteosarcomatosis 1%
- Osteosarcoma of Jaw - 6%
- Post Radiation Os - 4%
- Os in Paget’s disease - 3%
- Os Degeneration from benign condition - 1%
- Telangiectatic Os - 3%
- Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma - 3%
- Extraskeletal Os. < 1%
- Conventional Osteosarcoma
What are the Benign Cartilage Forming Tumors?
- Benign
- Chodnroma/Enchondroma
- Solitary Osteochondroma
- Chondromyxoid Fibroma/Fibromyxoid Chondroma
- Chondroblastoma
What are the malignant Cartilage forming tumors?
Malignant
- Primary Chondrosarcoma - arise de novo
- Secondary Chondrosarcoma - from preexisting benign tumor
- Central - From enchondroma
- Peripheral - From Osteochondroma
- Clear cell chondrosarcoma - mistaken form chondroblastoma, low grade
- Extra Skeletal - Rare
What are the marrow tumors (round cell tumors?)
- Ewing’s Sarcoma
- NHL (non hodgkin lymphoma) of bone/reticulum cell sarcoma
- Multiple Myeloma
What are the branches of multiple myeloma?
- Classical MM
- Myelomatosis
- Plasmacytoma
- Extra Osseous MM
Vascular and Connective Tissue tumors are in what category, what are their subcategories?
It is in the category of “primary bone tumor”
- Benign - Hemangioma
- Malignant - Fibrosarcoma
Metastatic Tumors in bone - most common skeletal malginancy
- Osteolytic Mets
- Osteoblastic Mets
- Mixed Mets
Tumor Like Conditions:
PRIMARY BONE TUMORS
- Solitary bone cyst/Unicameral bone cyst
- Aneurysmal bone cyst
- Fibrous Cortical defect and nonossifying fibroma
- Fibrous Dysplasia
- Brown Tumor of hyperparathyroidism
- Pseudotumors of Hemophilia
- Large Arthritic Cysts/Geode
If it’s a benign tumor they overwhelmingly originate when?
Before the Age of 30
If a tumor is asymptomatic and benign, it may not show till ____
age 50
When does Giant cell tumor usually occur?
20-40 this is an exception
Metastisis happens how?
Through Vascular system
Big 6 strongest potential to spread?
- Breast - females 70%
- Lung - 25%
- Prostate - Males 60%
- Kidney
- Ewing’s
- Neuroblastoma
*** Breast, lung, prostate, and kidney account for 80%
Where does lytic Mets come from?
Physical bulk - pressure from the tumor taking up space which impedes the osteoblasts
- More common (75% of metastasis destroys)
Approximately 80% of all osseous metastases will be found _____
In the axial skeleton
- 28% ribs
- 39% vertebra
- 13% bony pelvis
10 % of skeletal metastasis will be found in the cranium
10% extremities
Is Enostosis primary or secondary bone tumor?
Primary
AKA BONE ISLAND
What is enostosis classified as?
Tumorlike, usually an incidental finding, and is asymptomatic
What are the characteristics of Enostosis?
- Rare in children
- Osteosclerotic bone lesion
- Can be considered a hamartoma (benign tumor that is multicellular and has all the cells of the host tissue)
Where is the location of Enostosis?
Intramedullary Location - usually up against inner surface of cortex
- Composed of normal appearing compact lamellar bone with haversian canals
- Blends with surround trabecular bone creating irregular margin
What is the radiological appearance of Enostosis
- Round to oval (.2 - 2 cm) osteoblastic area
- Epiphyseal or metaphyseal
- Bone scan NORMAL
95 % no need for further radiologic evaluation
WHat is the differential diagnosis for Enostosis?
Osteoblastic Mets, osteoma, osteoid osteoma, low grade osteosarcoma
Osteoblastic mets ____
HURTS
low grade osteosarcoma is ____
PAINFUL
When would you take a biopsy of Enostosis?
Increase in size of 25% in 6 months
Bony pelivs is a common site to see ____
enostosis
Giant bone island is a _____
Enostosis that is > 2-3 cm in size
More likely to have increased activity on bone scan
What are the possible diseases related to Enostosis?
- Osteopoikilosis
- Osteopathia Striata
- Melorheostosis
Osteopoikilosis =
Periarticular bone islands
Osteopathia Striata =
Lesions are more elongated in periarticular pattern, Vooerheve disease, fan-like bands in flat bones
What are the 3 common characteristics of Melorheostosis?
- Osteosclerotic bone disorder
- Often symptomatic (pain, decreased ROM, contractures, limb swelling, bowing)
- Scleroderma - like skin lesions over osseous changes
What is the radiology of Melorheostosis?
o Osseous excrescences often exuberant and lobulated along bone surface
o Single limb—more common lower extremity
o Also endosteal involvement may extend into marrow space
o Intense activity on bone scan
o Long drippy bone island
Benign Bone forming:
OSTEOMA
OSTEOID OSTEOMA
OSTEOBLASTOMA
Osteoma aka:
Ivory Exostosis
What is a benign, slow growing hamartomatous lesion composed of well differentiated mature bone?
Osteoma
What is the defect in Osteoma?
One resorption or formation during skeletal maturation
What does osteoma arises beneath?
Endosteum from inner surface of cortex
What causes surrounding reactive bone formation in Osteomas?
Elevation of periosteum from underlying bone
Osteoma is a bone of _____
Intramembranous origin
Extracranial Osteoms -
.03% of bone biopsied primary bone lesions
Paranasal sinus osteomas -
.4%
Most have a osteosclerotic lesion in a frontal or ethmoid lesion
What are the associated abnormailities with Osteoma?
- Gardner’s Syndrome
- Mutation of Adenmatous Polyposis Coli Gene (5q21)
- Multiple osteomas, intestinal polypsos, soft tissue desmoid tumors
- Bone lesions may precede intestinal polyposis
Describe Gardner’s Syndrome in Osteoma:
- Autosomal Dominant
- Syndrome of hamartomatous tumors in different locations
- One of the key findings - osteomas
- Will develop color cancer (precursor to colon cancer)
In osteoma, most just have ____
single solitary osteoma
What are the clinical issues associated with Osteoma?
- Small lesions usually asymptomatic
- Project away from cortical surface
- Palpable enlarging osseous mass
What is the nasal issue with Osteoma?
- Large oseomain paranasal sinus may obstruct nasal ducts
- Can erode wall of cranial fossa and dura
- Can cause mucocele, sinusitis, headache, pain
What can osteoma tumors near orbit cause?
Cause exopthalmosis, double vision, vision loss
What about the Hx of Osteoma:
- Found before 30 but can be seen anytime
- EQUAL GENDER
- No malginant potential
What looks identical to bone island but has different location?
Osteoma
What does Osteoma look like radiographically?
(first 3)
- Well defined round dense sclerotic lesion attach to underlying bone
- Vast majority in frontal and ethmoid sinus
- DENSE ivory like sclerotic mass
What does Osteoma look like radiographically?
(last 3)
- No satellite lesions
- Low signal on MRI
- Plain film is good to see them
OSTEOID OSTEOMA: main characteristics
- Painful!
- Produce dense periosteal reaction
- Can regress spontaneously - infarction
- Local swelling and point tenderness
What is Osteoid Osteoma characterized by?
Nidus less than 1 cm of osteoid/woven bone is vascular tissue surrounded by zone of reactive sclerosis
What is elevated in Osteoid Osteoma?
Prostaglandin E2 elevated 100-1000 times within Nidus (pain and vasodilation)
Describe the nidus in Osteoid osteoma:
Radiolucent and is the actual tumor
Pain is worse at night with what tumor?
Osteoid Osteoma
Whats the origin of Osteoid Osteoma?
Unknown, inflammatory, traumatic, vascular, viral
What is a distinguishing characteristic of Osteoid Osteoma?
These can produce a painful scoliosis, and they happen in the spine (lean into a legion)
Osteoid Osteoma is more common in ______
males 2-3:1
What are the first 4 radiological features of Osteoid Osteoma?
- Long bones are common
- Metaphysis/Diaphysis
- Phalanges of hands and feet
- Spine (10%)
- Posterior Elements 90% - posterior arch lamina
- Vertebral body 10%
What are the last 5-6 radiological features of osteoid osteoma?
- Cortical: 70-80%
- Radiolucent Nidus < 1.5 cm with surrounding dense sclerosis
- Periosteal reaction may be present
- Medullary: 25%
- CT - well defined, round oval nidus surrounded by sclerosis
- MRI - T1 WI nidus isointense to muscle
What does osteoid osteoma look like on bone scan?
lights up
(will have a solid dense periosteal reaction)
OSTEOBLASTOMA aka:
Giant osteoid osteoma, osteogenic fibroma
What is Osteoblastoma characterized by?
- Production of osteoid and woven bone
- Lesion > 1.5 cm
- Histology similar to osteoid osteoma
What are the %’s associated with Osteoblastoma?
< 1% of primary bone tumors
3% benign bone tumor
Describe Osteoblastoma:
- Circumscribed mass, often surrounded by shell of cortical bone or periosteum
- Sharp interphase between lesion and cancellous bone
What does the nidus look like in Osteoblastoma?
- 2-10 cm, friable, deep red (highly vascular)
- Very vascular connective tissue stroma with interconnecting trabecular bone
What are the symptoms of osteoblastoma?
- Dull, localized pain of insidious onset
- Pain rarely interferes with sleep
- Localized swelling, tenderness, and decreased ROM
- Doesnt respond well to aspirin
Osteoblastoma originates ____
under 30
Osteoblastoma gender pref.
2-3:1 in males
WHat can Ostoeblastoma have?
Foci of aggressive stage 3 lesion (prone to aneurysmal bone cysts formation)
RECURRENCE AFTER resection = 10-25%
In aggressive osteoblastoma, the recurrence is ____ %
50
First 4 things of Osteoblastoma (radiology):
- 30-50% SPINAL
- Posterior elements –> 60% spinous, transverse process, pedicle
- Posterior elements with extension into vertebral body 25%
- Vertebral body 15%
- Long bones, 30% originate in metaphysis
What are the 5-8 radiographic features of Osteoblastoma?
- Hands and feet 15%
- Skull and Jaw 15%
- Pelvis 5%
- Expansile, lytic circumscribed lesion
- Reactive sclerosis 60%
Last radiologic features of Osteoblastoma:
- CAN rapidly increase in size
- Secondary aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC): 16% can look exactly the same
- NECT: Expansile, lytic lesion with or without matrix mineralization
- Can be purely radiolucent inside, speckled (inside matrix), or sclerotic looking
KEY IS EXPANSION
MALIGNANT PRIMARY BONE TUMORS:
Osteosarcoma, aka Osteogenic Osteosarcoma
What is the main definition of Osteosarcoma?
Malignant tumor with ability to produce osteoid directly from neoplastic cells
Talk about the growth rate of Osteosarcoma:
Frequency of tumor occurence corresponds to greatest growth rate during adolescence
What is chemically happening in osteosarcoma?
Overexpression of P-glycogen in OGS cells with propensity for metastasis and rx failure
alteration in Rb genes in OGS
Think of osteosarcoma as ____
osteoblastic malignant tumor
Periosteal reaction of osteosarcoma =
Spiculated
2nd primary bone tumor is ____
Osteosarcoma (MOCEF)
When does osteosarcoma peak?
teens
Where is the most common location for osteosarcoma?
Distal femoral metaphysis
Osteosarcomatosis survival:
Change low
Where will osteosarcoma metastasize to?
LUNG
Osteosarcoma has a majority of unknown origin, primary, but secondary to predisposing factors are:
- Paget’s Disease (4th stage)
- Bone infarction
- Radiation
What is the most common malignant primary bone tumor in young adults and children?
Osteosarcoma
20% of primary bone malignancies describes what?
Osteosarcoma
What is a heterogenous mass with ossified and non ossified components?
Osteosarcoma

What are the common symptoms of Osteosarcoma?
Progressive pain, soft tissue mass, swelling, pathological fracture
What happens with the cortex during Osteosarcoma?
Penetration of the cortex with often large extraosseous tumor mass

What is common with Osteosarcoma in regards to spreading?
Pulmonary mets is common
(like the lungs!) = Pneumothorax

What are you going to have an increase with in Osteosarcoma?
Serum Alkaline Phosphatase
Describe the age in Osteosarcoma:
- Age = Bimodal
- First peak: 2-3 decade
- Second peak: > 6th decade
What is the gender in Osteosarcoma?
Gender = M:F
1.3-1.6 : 1
What is the 5 year survival for Osteosarcoma?
41%
What is the 5 yr with respectable tumor and “No mets”?
60-70%
Where are you most likely going to see Osteosarcoma? (location)
- Knee = 55%
- Metaphyses of long tubular bones = 80%
- Extension into epiphysis: 75%
- Flat Bones, VB: 20%
- In older pt (> 50 yrs) axial skeleton and flat bones: 40%

What is the size of Osteosarcoma?
5-10cm
What are some main characteristics of Conventional Osteosarcoma?
- Poorly defined, intramedullary mass, extends through cortex
- Moth eaten bone destruction
- Aggressive P rxn.: Codman’s triangle, sunburst pattern
- Indistinct border with wide ZOT
- Soft tissue mass +/- tumor calcification
What is described as “Telangiectatic Osteosarcoma?”
- Purely lytic lesion
- Cystic cavities filled with blood, necrosis
- Fluid Levels

Describe Multicentric Osteosarcoma:
- Synchronous Osteoblastic Osteosarcoma at multiple sites
- ONLY IN CHILDREN
- HORRIBLE PROGNOSIS

Describe Parosteal Osteosarcoma:
- Low grade osteosarcoma in older age group (20-50)
- Posterior Distal Femur
- Attached to underlying cortex at origin

Describe Periosteal Osteosarcoma:
- Intermediate grade Osteosarcoma
- Most common diaphyseal
- No medullary involvement
- CORTICAL THICKENING

Describe Gnathic Osteosarcoma:
- Involvement of mandible, maxilla
- Sclerotic, lytic, mixed
- Peri rxn
- Soft tissue extension (pictured below)
Describe Secondary Osteosarcoma:
Arises in pre-existing lesion of bone such as Paget disease, prior radiation, bone infarction, fibrous dysplasia, prosthesis, OI, chronic osteomyelitis, retinoblastoma
- About half of osteosarcoma over age 50 are secondary, 67% over age 60

What is helpful in imaging surface of OGS (Chondroblastic Osteosarcoma)?
NECT
CECT (Contrast Enhanced C T) helps further identify what disease?
Osteosarcoma
What would you see with Osteosarcoma on NucMed?
Increased uptake (staging, skip lesions, metastasis)
Osteochondroma is ______
asymptomatic, common, and is also called “exostosis”
What is osteochondroma?
Developmental osseous anomaly resulting in exophytic outgrowth on surface of bone (individuals are born with these)
What is osteochondroma the result of?
Ectopic epiphyseal tissue (tissue in wrong place)
What is the SINGLE MOST COMMON BENIGN BONE TUMOR?
Osteochondroma
Describe the bony part of osteochondroma:
Bony part is an integral part of host bone - cortex of host is continuous with cortex of lesion and medullary cavity of host is continuous with medullary part of lesion
What is Sessile Osteochondroma associated with?
Undertubulation of long bones (erlenmeyer flask deformity)
Describe the exostosis in osteochondroma:
Bony part is stalk/base, cartilage cap is over the top in the soft tissue (only visible to the extent it is calcified)
Benign cartilage tumors (enchondroma and osteochondroma) have a strong tendency to ____
Calcify in the cartilage
Why don’t Osteochondromas hurt?
Because they are space occupying, they can cause symptoms by pressure (compression) = SECONDARY symptoms
When do osteochondromas stop growing?
When the individual matures and stops growing,
- Surgical resection = do sometimes reoccur, and only resect them if they are casuing physical mass symptomatology (pushing against adjacent soft tissue)
What are the 3 subforms of osteochondroma?
Solidary Osteochondroma
Multiple Osteochondroma
Hereditary (genetic) Multiple Exostosis (HME)
Describe Solidary Osteochondroma:
SINGLE, MOST COMMON, big tubular bones (metaphyses)
- tibia
- humerus
- femur
Describe Hereditary (genetic) multiple exostosis (HME):
- Many, dozens!
- GENETIC
- Can lead to bone deformity
- KNEES!!!
- Sessile more common
What can Hereditary (genetic) multiple exostosis result in (HME)?
Pseudo-Madelung deformity (ulnar shortening, bowing of radius)
What do you have to worry about with HME?
Increased risk of malignant transformation
What is MAIN COMPLICATION associated with osteochondroma?
Malignant degeneration of the cartilage cap
Chondrosarcoma can become:
Central or Peripheral
Peripheral chondrosarcoma means:
External to medullary cavity in soft tissue
If osteochondroma hurts, what should happen?
If it hurts where it didn’t hurt before this would be a red flag for malignant degeneration
Enchondroma is symptomatic or Asymp.?
Asymptomatic
What is the 2nd most common benign bone tumor?
Enchondroma
Describe Enchondroma:
- Well defined lytic lesion with chondroid matrix
- Juxtacortical (next to cortex)
- Most commonly in MEDULLARY CAVITY
Where are you going to find enchondroma?
Short tubular bones of hand and feet (60%)
- MOST COMMON TUMOR OF PHALANGES OF THE HAND**
Snowflake calcification would be seen with what tumor?
Enchondroma
What are enchondromas subject to?
Pathological fracture (thins cortex), and pain unexplained by fracture should make you think malignant degeneration
If enchondroma becomes malignant, what does it become?
CENTRAL CHONDROSARCOMA
What can enchondroma look similar to?
medullary infarct
What is Ollier disease?
Enchondromatosis
Explain Olliers disease:
- Multiple enchondromas
- expansile
- predilection of appendicular skeleton
- mostly unilateral monemelic distribution
What can Ollier disease become?
Sarcomatous Transformation (25-30%)
Maffuci Syndrome is associated with what benign bone tumor?
Enchondroma
What exactly is Maffuci Syndrome?
- Multiple enchondromas (ollier) and soft tissue hemangiomas
- Commonly have phelbolits (small, rounded calcifications)
Describe what you’d see with Maffuci Syndrome:
Very large enchondromas, projecting into soft tissues
- MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION into CHONDROSARCOMA (central) = 15-25%
Chondroblastoma aka
Codman’s Tumor
What is the best diagnostic clue for Chondroblastoma?
Well defined lytic lesion centered in epiphysis of skeletal immature patients
Where are you most likely to find Chondroblastoma?
LONG BONES 80%
What does chondroblastoma really like?
TIBIA
Chondroblastoma causes pain, T/F?
TRUE, that’s why it is LESS LIKELY to become Malignant
Chondromyxoid fibroma aka
Fibromyxoid Chondroma
Where are you going to see chondromyxoid fibroma?
LOWER EXTREMITY (Loves the knee)
- knee 55%
- foot 20-25%
What age group would you see chondromyxoid fibroma?
young adults (60%), < 30 y.o.
What will you see radiographically with chondromyxoid fibroma?
Geographic 1A-1C lesion
- Eccentric metaphyseal location, often cortical
Chondromyxoid fibroma will usually turn malignant?
t/f
FALSE, they are PAINFUL!!
More likely to tell someone (Dr.) about it when they’re painful
What are the 3 key features of Chondromyxoid Fibroma?
- Myxoid, fibrous and chondroid tissue in various proportions
- Expansile remodeling simulating cortical permeation
- Rare matrix mineralization
Chondrosarcoma is the ____
3rd most common primary bone tumor
MOCEF
Chondrosarcoma is the most common:
Malignant tumor of the hand, sternum
What are the most common locations for chondrosarcoma?
Pelvis, Femur, humerus
What symptoms are associated with Chondrosarcoma?
Slow growing tumor = Deep pain, constipation, bladder issues (affects sacrum)
What will you see radiographically with Chondrosarcoma?
Expansile geographic lesion, calcification (ring like), Margination has variable growth rate.
_ENDOSTEAL SCALLOPING***_
Chondrosarcoma can be ____ or ______
central or peripheral
- central = inside bone
- eccentric = outsie bone
Will you have lab findings with Chondrosarcoma?
NO!
Chondrosarcoma comes in 2 forms, what are they?
- Primary: Denovo
- Secondary: More common to come from something pre-existing like benign cartilage tumor
What are the primary types of Chondrosarcoma?
- Intramedullary
- periosteal/juxtacortical
- clear cell
- mesenchymal
- myxoid
- extraskeletal
- dedifferentiated
What are the secondary types of chondrosarcoma?
- enchondroma
- osteochondroma
- paget disease
- radiation induced
Describe Intramedullary Chondrosarcoma:
- symptoms: pain (95-99%) and mass (82%)
- Average age 40-45
- Metaphysis
Describe Intramedullary Chondrosarcoma:
- Geographic 1A-1C to permeative (often predominantly sclerotic)
- Deep Endosteal scalloping
- Expansile remodeling
- Soft tissue mass (20-76%)
- Chondroid Matrix (78% by x-ray, 94% by CT)
Describe Juxtacortical Chondrosarcoma:
- 2nd - 4th decade (MALE predilection)
- Metaphyseal particularly femur and humerus
- Similar to juxtacortical chondroma
- Periosteal lesion - cortical erosion
- chondroid features with matrix calcification
- Larger than juxtacortical chondroma ( > 3-4 cm)
2nd part of Juxta cortical chondrosarcoma:
- Similar appearance to periosteal OGS (but no hair onend p rxn)
- Intramedullary canal usually spread
- Most lesions are low grade
- Good prognosis 83% 5 year survival rate
Clear cell chondrosarcoma:
- 2 % of chondrosarcoma
- slightly younger age
- 75-80% lesion prox femur or humerus
- propensity for epiphysis
- better prognosis
Clear cell chondrosarcoma 2:
- Geographic 1A-1C lytic
- Totally lytic 50%; calcified chondroid matrix 33%
- Rind of sclerosis simulate nonaggressive lesion 20%
- Soft tissue mass less common (10%)
Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma:
- Older pt. ave 60 yrs
- 10-20% of chondrosarcomas
- Often associated with secondary chondrosarcoma
- Location
- femur 20%
- humerus 15%
- pelvis 30%
- Ribs and scap 12%
- Low grade Chondrosarcoma
- Spindle cell component
Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma 2:
- Radiology emulates pathology: dual characteristics
- one region chondrosarcoma, second area aggressive
- bone destruction
- Cortical permeation and soft tissue mass 70%
Giant Cell Tumor:
- Quasi - malignant (Yochum)
- Can have an aggressive behavior and even metasysis to lungs (rare)
- Multinucleated giant cells in the tumor
- Peak age: 20-40
- Location: knee and femur, sacrum
What are the radiographic findings of Giant cell tumor?
- Lytic, subarticular and eccentric
- Often lack a sclerotic rim
- No host reaction
Hemangioma is a ____
congenital anomaly
Where do hemangioma occur?
Bone skin and viscera
Where in the body do Hemangiomas occur?
- 50% osseous hemangiomas in spine
- 20% in skull
- remaining in ribs, patella, long bones, and short tubular bones of the hand and feet
USUALLY SOLITARY LESIONS
What are the 2 broad categories of Hemangioma?
- Capillary
- Hap hazardly arranged capillary sized vessels
- Cavernous
- Dilated vessels, lined with attenuated endothelial cells
Hemangiomas (gender)
Femal to male
3:2
Where are hemangiomas seen?
Vertebral body lower thoracic spine and upper lumbar spine
What are the appearances of hemangioma?
- Exaggerated vertebral radiopaque striations, called “acordion,” or “corduroy cloth” or “jail bar pattern”
- Cervical spine pattern often exhibit a “honeycomb” appearance
- CT = “Polka dot”
Glomus Tumor:
- Pt 4-5th decade
- Tumor of neuromyoarterial glomus
- Almost all in terminal phalanx soft tissue
- Bone erosion/invasion (15-65%)
What is angiomatosis?
Multifocal or diffuse infiltration of bone by hemangiomatous or lymphangiomatous lesions with or without soft tissue involvment
What are the characteristics of angiomatosis?
- Young pt. (first 3 decades)
- M>F = 2:1
- No malignant potential
Describe the involvment associated with angiomatosis:
- Osseous Involvment: Benign Course
- Visceral Involvment: Poor prognosis
What are Angiomatous Syndromes?
- Maffucci syndrome
- Osler-Weber-Rendu
- Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber
- Massive Osteolysis of Gorham
Massive osteolysis of Gorham aka:
Vanishing bone disease
What are the key features of Massive Osteolysis of Gorham?
- Pt >40
- 50% with history of trauma
- Upper ext. favored, may extend across joint
2 characteristics of Massive Osteolysis of Gorham:
Progressive bone absorption and fragmentation (simulate neuropathy)
Proliferating vascular channels
What is Histiocytosis X?
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis
- Eosinophilic granuloma (less severe) localized one lesion
- Hand Schueller-Christian disease
- Letterer-Siwe (most severe) die before 2
Describe the bone lesions of Eosinophilic granuloma:
Rare beyond the age of 20
- MC presentation: Solitary, painful bone lesions although they may be disseminated and polyostotic (HSC, LS)
- Location: Skull (MC) & Vertebra
GREAT PROGNOSIS
What do you see radiographically with bone lesions of Eosinophilic granuloma?
- Lytic lesion, well defined, sharp demarcated
- Beveled edges in the skull (crater like)
- Associated sequestrum
- (+) scintigraphy
- Lab findings vary
What is eosinophilic granuloma Ddx?
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Osteomyelitis (sequestrum)
- Ewings
What is the only tumor that crosses joints?
CHORDOMA
Behaves like an INFECTION
What are the characteristics of chordoma?
- age > 40
- Originates in remnants of notochord
- Location: Sacro-coccygeal, spheno-occipital region (clivus), cervical spine (C2)
Destructive lesion in sacrum =
CHORDOMA
What will the patient present with (w/ Chordoma)?
Bowel/bladder deficiency, increased intracranial pressure, cord encroachment
- Very EXPANSILE LESION
- GEOGRAPHIC, slow growing but aggressive
What is “tumor of the nerves?”
Schwanoma / Neurofibroma
Where is Schwanoma/neurofibroma found?
In cranial nerves, nerve roots, or in the periphery
What will you see with Schwanoma / Neurofibroma?
Radiographically, none for the tumor, but the tumor can erode or reshpae bone
Example: ENLARGEMENT of IVF, erodes pedicles and VB
What are the “Tumor Like Lesions?”
- Fibrous Xanthoma
- Fibrous Dysplasia
- Aneurysmal Bone Cyst (ABC)
- Simple Bone Cyst (SBC)
- Fibrous Dysplasia
What is fibrous xanthomas?
- Fibrous cortical defect (4-8)
- Non-ossifying fibroma (8-20)
NON PAINFUL INCIDENTAL FINDING
Location: around knee
Radiographic Presentation of Fibrous Xanthoma:
- Geographic, elongated lesion with a sclerotic border
- Bubbly appearance, endosteal scalloping
- Expansile, thin cortex
- Pathological fracture if very large
Simple Bone Cyst aka:
Unicameral or solitary bone cyst
Not a tumor: Fluid Filled Cyst
What are the features of Simple Bone Cyst?
- Age: Pediatrics
- Locations:
- MC: Proximal Humerus
- Proximal Femur
- Asymptomatic Presentation unless fractured
Radiographically what will you see with simple bone cyst?
- Large, expansile, geographic lesion
- Centric, medullary of long bones
- Well-defined, endosteal scalloping
- Metaphyseal, slides down the diaphysis with growth
- Truncated-cone appearance
- Fallen fragment sign (bone cyst)
What is aneurysmal bone cyst named for?
Its shape: Expansile, dilated-blood vessels are not involved
Main features of aneurysmal bone cyst:
- Age: 5-25
- Location: Femur, tibia, posterior elements of the spine
- Only benign tumor that can cross physis
- Fairly aggressive
- Has nothing to do with vasculature (Pseudotumor)
Radiographic appearance of Aneurysmal bone cyst:
- Large expansile, geographic lesion
- Metaphyseal, diaphyseal
- Cortical thinning
- May cause neuro defect due to size
- CAN CROSS JOINT SPACE
LOOKS LIKE OSTEOBLASTOMA
Aneurysmal bone cyst does what to spine?
Common to affect posterior elements, pedicle destruction doesnt = malignancy, looks exactly like osteoblastoma. (COMMON IN PEDES)
Fibrous Dysplasia features:
- Bone disorder of unknown origin
- May be associated with skin and endocrine processes (McCune - Albright) pigment problems and puberty problems
2 forms of Fibrous Dysplasia:
Monostotic (70%) and Polyostotic
Endocrine harming vs non endocrine harming
Polyostotic vs Monostotic
- Monostotic: Can usually be an incidental finding
- Polyostotic: Forms can manifest along with a precocious puberty around age 8
Fibrous Dysplasia appearance:
- Leonine appearance: Forehead/face, looks like a lion
- Cherubism: Fibrous Dys. of the jaw
- Can cause BONE DEFORMITY
Ground glass appearnace thinking =
fibrous dysplasia
Common sightings in Fibrous Dysplasia:
Pseudofractures, path fractures, geographic, elongated lucent lesion with ground glass matrix, thick sclerotic rim, cortical thinning and scalloping