Bone tumors Flashcards
(40 cards)
Ends in -oma
benign
except melanoma, lymphoma (hodgkin’s), and gliomas
Ends in -sarcoma
Malignant
glandular
Where are the malignancies usually taken place in sarcomas
bone cartilage fat muscle glands blood vessels
What is important about primary bone tumors
They are less common than tumors that metastasize to the bones
e.g. to the spine from prostate adenocarcinoma
Osteoma
benign
lesions in bone
non invasive
location of osteoma
head and neck
Osteomas lesions are unique in that they….
ATTACH TO THE BONE
NOT part of the BONE
2 types of osteomas
osteoid osteoma
osteoblastoma
Differentiate osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma
Osteoid osteoma is in tibia and femur - will see bump on the bone with X-ray
PAIN
Osteoblastomas - large and located in the spine
PAIN
Which one of the osteomas cause pain but NSAIDs don’t relieve the pain?
osteoblastoma
osteosarcomas
Primary ones are usually found above and below the knee
DONT develop from osteomas
if found in the rib area, may want to look elsewhere (the knees) because it may be a secondary nodules
Secondary Osteosarcomas
result of paget’s
aggressive ! comes back quickly as opposed to primary osteosarcomas
patients will secondary osteosarcomas must be monitored
Hx is very important!!!
What is the most common BENIGN bone tumor?
osteochondroma
Male patient in 2nd decade with nodules above and below the knee
primary osteosarcoma
A 50 y/o patient presents with multiple lesions in the hands and feet. The patient had a fx in one of the fingers. It was found that mature hyaline cartilage were found in the small bones of the hands and feet.
Oller’s chondroma
What is the cartilage in chondroma
hyaline
Where does chondroma usually take place?
hands and feet
Differentiate between Ollier’s and Maffucci chondroma
Angioma (vessels) is formed at the hands in maffucci chondroma
A major problem with ollier’s chondroma is that it develops
into chondrosarcoma
Differentiate between chondromas and chondrosarcomas
Chondromas affect people in their 30-50s
Chondrosarcomas affect people in their 60s
Chondromas are located at the hands and feet
Chondrosarcomas are located at the pelvis and shoulder girdle
A patient presents with a X-ray that shows growth in the epiphyseal plate of the tibia.
idiopathic tumor
called giant cell tumor of bone
always at the epiphyseal plate
aggressive BENIGN tumor
What type of tumor is giant cell tumor of the bone
benign but aggressive
growth on the epiphyseal plate of the tibia
Ewing sarcoma family of tumors
Think of the kid with giant tumor on the femur
A boy dies of a tumor of the femur (which can also grow at the pelvis)
Ewing sarcoma
has family component to it - gene translocation
undifferentiated is BAD