Skeletal Tumors Flashcards
Benign osteogenic tumor of small size and disproportionate pain responsive to NSAIDs
Osteoid osteoma
Neoplasm that is central nidus of (usually) unmineralized osteoid rimmed by osteoblasts (sclerotic rim)
Osteoid osteoma
Typical age of patient with osteoid osteoma
5-25 years
What is the size of Osteoid osteoma?
Always less than 2cm
Does Osteoid osteoma have a sclerotic rim?
Yes
Is Osteoid osteoma painful?
Yes, especially at night
Is Osteoid osteoma pain relieved by aspirin?
Yes
Condition where radiograph shows central lucency with sclerotic rim
Osteoid osteoma
Osteoid osteoma is located in this part of the bone
Cortex
Condition where unmineralized osteoid is neoplastic focus
Reactive sclerotic rim of bone surrounds this
Osteoid osteoma
What size is Osteoblastoma?
May be greater than 2cm
Most common site of origin for Osteoblastoma
Posterior vertebra
Does Osteoblastoma have a sclerotic rim?
Often no
Is Osteoblastoma painful?
Not very often; lacks nocturnal pain
Nerve impingement may occur and become painful
Is nerve impingement pain from Osteoblastoma relieved by aspirin?
No
Condition that is very similar to osteoid osteoma but may be >2cm
Osteoblastoma
Which of these can be larger than 2cm:
Osteoblastoma or Osteoid osteoma
Osteoblastoma
Malignant tumor that produces osteoid
Osteosarcoma
Most common malignancy primary bone tumor
Osteosarcoma
When does Osteosarcoma occur?
Most common before 20 years
2nd peak in late adulthood
Adult form of this condition often occurs with Pagets, infarct, or radiation
Osteosarcoma
What is the most common site of Osteosarcoma?
Metaphysis around knee
(distal femur/proximal tibia during rapid growth phase - will have open growth plate)
Two genetic conditions associated with Osteosarcoma
Rb gene (retinoblastoma)
Li-Fraumeni syndrome
What causes Li-Fraumeni syndrome?
Mutation in p53
leads to sarcomas, adrenal cortical carcinoma
Condition involving a mutation in p53, leading to conditions such as Osteosarcoma
Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Is Osteosarcoma painful?
Usually yes
Condition involving mixed lytic and blastic lesion
Often with cotton ball/cloudy appearance
Osteosarcoma
This describes a periosteal reaction where the periosteum is lifted off the bone
Occurs when a bone lesion grows so quickly that it prevents new born from forming
Codmans Triangle
Condition where radiographs show Codmans triangle, sunburst, and hair on end appearance
Osteosarcoma
Condition where the lesion grows through cortex, and lifts periosteum and causes periosteal reaction
Osteosarcoma
Condition involving malignant cells which produce osteoid
Osteosarcoma
Are metastases present in Osteosarcoma?
Often yes, check lungs, bones, brain
Condition involving a mixed lytic and blastic lesion where you should assume distant metastases are present (lung, bones, brain)
Osteosarcoma
Benign bone tumor formed from lateral extension of growth plate
Osteochondroma
(aka Exostosis)
What age is a typical patient with Osteochondroma?
Late adolescent/early adult
Where does Osteochondroma occur on the body?
Near growth plate of long tubular bones, especially knee
15% of this condition occurs in hereditary exostosis syndrome
Osteochondroma
Condition where growth produces bony stalk (cortex contiguous with cortex) with cartilage cap (exostosis)
Osteochondroma
Morphology may show cartilage cap (exostosis) in this condition
Osteochondroma
Is Osteochondroma painful?
May produce pain from mass effect or fracture
But often asymptomatic
What age is a patient with Enchondroma?
20’s and up
What part of the bone is Enchondroma?
In medullary
Condition involving a juxtacortical (periosteal) chondroma
Enchondroma
Condition involving an area of lucency in long bone with chondroid type calcification
Enchondroma
Condition that morphologically appears as popcorn, rings and arcs
Enchondroma
Is Enchondroma painful?
Most asymptomatic
Conditions with non-hereditary mutations of IDH-1 are more likely to form this
Chondrosarcoma
Conditions with non-hereditary mutations of this are more likely to form chondrosarcoma
IDH-1
Condition caused by a mutation of IDH-1 that involves the formation of multiple enchondromas
Ollier’s disease
Ollier’s disease is caused by this
Non-hereditary mutations of IDH-1
Maffucci syndrome is caused by this
Non-hereditary mutations of IDH-1
Condition caused by a mutation of IDH-1 that involves multiple chondromas and hemangiomas
Maffucci syndrome
Ollier’s disease and Maffucci syndrome are two forms of multifocal tumors that are rare but more likely to form this
Chondrosarcoma
Malignant tumor of chondrocytes
Chondrosarcoma
What age is a typical patient with Chondrosarcoma?
Older ages, >50 usually
IDH (isocitrate dehydrogenase) gene mutations can cause either of these tumors
Chondrosarcoma
Chondromas
Mutations in this gene can cause chondrosarcoma
IDH (isocitrate dehydrogenase)
Is Chondrosarcoma painful?
Yes
Patients with this condition present with pain and expansile mass (destructive mass with chondroid calcification)
Chondrosarcoma
Condition with an expansile mass, usually with chondroid calcification
Shows permeative growth - may extend into soft tissues
Chondrosarcoma
Condition where endosteal scalloping (scallop edge, irregular margin) and Codman triangle are seen morphologically
Chondrosarcoma
Condition involving malignant cells in chondroid matrix
Chondrosarcoma
Small blue cell tumor of neuroectodermal origin
Ewing Sarcoma
Unidfferentiated tumor that is the second most common bone sarcoma in children
Ewing Sarcoma
What age is the typical patient with Ewing Sarcoma?
Less than 20 years old
Ethnicity most commonly affected by Ewing Sarcoma
Caucasians
Is Ewing Sarcoma painful?
Yes - painful mass with swelling and warmth
Condition involving painful mass with swelling and warmth, may have constitutional symptoms (fever, leukocytosis)
Ewing Sarcoma
Elevated levels of this cell type are seen in Ewing Sarcoma
Leukocytes
Destructive intramedullary tumor with permeative moth-eaten margins
Ewing Sarcoma
In this condition, reactive periosteal bone forms “onion skin” appearance
Ewing Sarcoma
In Ewing Sarcoma, reactive periosteal bone has this appearance
Onion skin
In Chondrosarcoma, periosteal reaction has this appearance
Endosteal scalloping
Codman triangle
Tumor that extends into soft tissues, with reactive periosteal bone that forms “onion skin” appearance
Ewing Sarcoma
Translocation in Ewing Sarcoma
t(11,22)
t(11,22) causes this condition
Ewing Sarcoma
In Ewing Sarcoma, t(11,22) forms this
EWSR1/FLI1 fusion protein
Results in unregulated growth on undifferentiated mesenchymal cell
Condition where a translocation forms a fusion protein that results in unregulated growth on unknown undifferentiated mesenchymal cell
Ewing Sarcoma
This is a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)
Ewing Sarcoma
Condition where sheets of small round blue cells are seen morphologically
Ewing Sarcoma
CD99 is a marker for this condition
Ewing Sarcoma
IHC marker for Ewing Sarcoma
CD99
Condition that begins in marrow space, erodes through cortex into soft tissues
Ewing Sarcoma
Condition that sometimes forms Homer-Wright rosettes with central fibrillary core
Ewing Sarcoma
Benign tumor of osteoblasts with numerous non-neoplastic osteoclasts
Giant cell tumor
What is the typical age of a patient with Giant cell tumor?
20-40’s
Condition that occurs with closed growth plates, and expansile growth without penetrating joint space
Giant cell tumor
Does Giant cell tumor have surrounding sclerosis?
No
Condition with radiology showing thin rim of cortex and usually no surrounded sclerosis
Giant cell tumor
In Giant cell tumor, neoplastic osteoblasts produce this
RANK-L
results in osteoclast activation and proliferation (many cells with numerous nuclei)
Condition where neoplastic osteoblasts produce RANK-L, resulting in osteoclast activation and proliferation
Giant cell tumor
Abnormal bone growth resulting in abnormal osteoid in fibrous matrix
Fibrous dysplasia
Condition where clonal expansion occurs due to GNAS mutations
Fibrous dysplasia
Fibrous dysplasia involves clonal expansion due to mutations in this
GNAS
In Fibrous dysplasia, clonal expansion due to GNAS mutations occur during this process
Embryogenesis
In this condition, osteoblasts do not differentiate, leading to intramedullary lytic lesions
Proliferate but unable to produce mature lamellar bone
Fibrous dysplasia
What age does Fibrous dysplasia occur?
Early adolescence
Is Fibrous dysplasia painful?
No, most are symptomatic and discovered incidentally
Condition with monostotic and polyostotic forms that may be disfiguring or cause growth imbalances
Fibrous dysplasia
Polyostotic forms of Fibrous dysplasia are often part of this condition
McCune Albright Syndrome
Polyostotic forms of this condition are often part of McCune Albright Syndrome
Fibrous dysplasia
Condition involving endocrine dysfunction, female precocious puberty, and areas of cutaneous hyperpigmentation (cafe au lait)
McCune Albright Syndrome
Condition with expansile remodeling of marrow cavity, causing bone deformity
Fibrous dysplasia
Condition with a well-circumscribed intramedullary lesion and ground glass opacifications (may be lucent or opaque)
Fibrous dysplasia
Does Fibrous dysplasia have a sclerotic rim?
Yes
Condition with a fibrous stroma, variably mineralized osteoid with curvilinear shapes, and no osteoblastic rimming
Fibrous dysplasia
In Fibrous dysplasia, there is variably mineralized osteoid with this shape
Curvilinear
Condition with variably mineralized osteoid with curvilinear shapes
Fibrous dysplasia
Condition involving clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Condition that has the following three forms with identical histology:
Eosinophilic granuloma, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Letterer-Siwe disease
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
CD1a, S100, and Langerhin are IHC markers of this condition
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Condition with mononuclear cells with grooved nuclei, eosinophilic infiltrate
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Non-cutaneous form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis that is a localized single lesion, mostly lytic bone lesion, with spontaneous regression
Eosinophilic granuloma
Is Eosinophilic granuloma a localized or disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis?
Localized
What age is the typical patient with Eosinophilic granuloma (localized form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis)?
Birth to 6 years
2 most common sites of Eosinophilic granuloma (localized form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis)
Skull and vertebrae
Two main forms of disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
Letterer-Siwe disease
Is Hand-Schuller-Christian disease a localized or disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis?
Disseminated
Is Letterer-Siwe disease a localized or disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis?
Disseminated
Disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis involving multifocal bone lesions and can affect cranial nerve foramina
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
Disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with the classic triad of Multifocal bone lesions, retro-orbital and pituitary effects
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
What is the classic triad seen in Hand-Schuller-Christian disease?
Multifocal bone lesions
Retro-orbital (exophthalmos)
Pituitary region (diabetes insipidus)
Disseminated form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis that is aggressive with early death
Dominated by visceral involvement
Letterer-Siwe disease
Disseminated forms of Langerhans cell histiocytosis present at this age
Birth to 6 years
Condition that begins as pink papules and pustules, looks like seborrheic dermatitis or eczema, with eventual multiorgan and bone involvement (hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy often)
Disseminated forms of Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Levels of Ca in metastatic bone tumors
High
4 most common locations where metastatic tumors from bone neoplasms occur
Prostate, breast, kidney, lung
Levels of alk phos in metastatic bone tumors
High
This cancer is the most common blastic metastasis
Prostate cancer