Ewing Sarcoma

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CLINICAL SUMMARY Ewing sarcoma is approximately half as common as osteosarcoma. It arises from bone marrow and almost always presents with a large soft tissue mass. Compared to osteosarcoma, it…

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Giant Cell Tumor

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CLINICAL SUMMARY Giant cell tumor of bone is a benign but destructive bone tumor that is usually discovered adjacent to the knee joint in young adults. Although curettage is the…

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Chordoma

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CLINICAL SUMMARY Chordoma is a slow-growing malignancy with a strong predisposition for the sacrum and skull base. Because of its location, sacrococcygeal chordoma is often discovered after it has attained…

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Osteoid Osteoma

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CLINICAL SUMMARY Osteoid osteomas are small, painful, bone lesions that are typically intracortical. Patients usually present with rest pain as well as night pain. Lesions are easily located with nuclear…

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Adamantinoma

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CLINICAL SUMMARY Adamantinoma is a low-grade malignancy that is found almost exclusively in the tibia and fibula of young adults. Histologically, it is distinguished from other bone tumors by the…

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Fibrous Dysplasia

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CLINICAL SUMMARY Fibrous dysplasia results when fibrous tissue and metaplastic bone replace marrow and lamellar bone. It is typically an asymptomatic, incidental discovery; however, when a large segment of a…

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Normal Musculoskeletal Histology

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Cellular Elements of Bone Osteoblasts, Osteocytes, and Osteoclasts SUMMARY Bone is formed by osteoblasts, maintained by osteocytes, and remodeled by osteoclasts. Osteoblasts Osteoblasts synthesize type I collagen and produce alkaline…

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Enchondroma

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CLINICAL SUMMARY Enchondromas are thought to be physeal cartilage rests that failed to ossify during skeletal growth. They are frequent, incidental discoveries in the metaphyseal humerus and femur during radiographic…

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Osteoblastoma

May 19, 2019 by in MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE Comments Off on Osteoblastoma

CLINICAL SUMMARY Osteoblastoma is an uncommon, benign, but locally aggressive osteoid-producing tumor. Treatment is thorough curettage or marginal excision. Osteoblastoma tends to occur more commonly in the spine than in…

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Osteochondroma

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CLINICAL SUMMARY Osteochondromas are disorders of physeal bone growth in which histologically normal bone grows transversely away from the center of the growth plate. The large majority of patients with…

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