Osteonecroses of the Skeletal System
6 Osteonecroses of the Skeletal System 6.1 Anatomy, Etiology, and Pathogenesis Anatomy. Bone varies significantly in its composition, depending on age and location. It has an organic matrix, comprised of…
Bone Marrow
5 Bone Marrow 5.1 Normal Bone Marrow Bone marrow is divided into two types (with a smooth transition between the two): • Yellow marrow (fatty marrow) has a high fat…
Metabolic, Hormonal, and Toxic Bone Disorders
8 Metabolic, Hormonal, and Toxic Bone Disorders 8.1 Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to enhanced bone…
Congenital Disorders of Bone and Joint Development
9 Congenital Disorders of Bone and Joint Development 9.1 Bone Age Assessment in Growth Disorders Skeletal maturity is closely associated with physical maturation, especially growth rate and sexual maturity. Disturbances…
Interventions Involving the Bone, Soft Tissues, and Joints
12 Interventions Involving the Bone, Soft Tissues, and Joints 12.1 Arthrography 12.1.1 Indications Despite the introduction and technical improvement of sectional imaging (CT and MRI), direct arthrography is still an…
Safety and Efficacy of Surgery for Primary Tumors of the Spine
2 Safety and Efficacy of Surgery for Primary Tumors of the Spine Daryl R. Fourney, Charles G. Fisher, and Stefano Boriani Introduction The rarity of primary spine tumors and the…
High-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma and undifferentiated uterine sarcoma
Günter Köhler, Katja Evert, Marek Zygmunt and Matthias Evert 5High-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma and undifferentiated uterine sarcoma 5.1Uterine high-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma and undifferentiated uterine sarcoma 5.1.1General, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis,…
Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma
Günter Köhler, Katja Evert, Marek Zygmunt and Matthias Evert 4Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma 4.1Uterine low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma 4.1.1General, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, staging LG-ESS is a pure homologous sarcoma. Endometrial…
Variants of leiomyoma (angio- and lipoleiomyoma, cotyledonoid and cellular leiomyoma, leiomyoma with bizarre nuclei, mitotically active, epithelioid and myxoid leiomyoma), smooth muscle tumors with uncertain malignant potential (atypical smooth muscle tumors), disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis, benign metastasizing leiomyoma, intravenous leiomyomatosis
Günter Köhler, Katja Evert, Marek Zygmunt and Matthias Evert 1Variants of leiomyoma (angio- and lipoleiomyoma, cotyledonoid and cellular leiomyoma, leiomyoma with bizarre nuclei, mitotically active, epithelioid and myxoid leiomyoma), smooth…
Leiomyosarcoma
Günter Köhler, Katja Evert, Marek Zygmunt and Matthias Evert 2Leiomyosarcoma LMS is a malignant tumor of the smooth musculature. LMS account for 23.9% of all STS that exhibit a particular…
