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1. Pathognomonic Pathology 
2. Giant Cell Tumour 
3. Giant Cells 
4. Chordoma 
5. Physaliferous cells 
6. Parosteal Osteosarcoma 
7. School of Fish 
8. Chondroblastoma 
9. Chicken-wire Calcification 
10. Aneurysmal Bone Cyst 
11. Snakes and Blood 
12. Ewings Sarcoma 
13. Pseudorosettes 
14. Syndromes and Diseases 
15. Clinical presentation of multiple enchondromatosis with hemangiomas in which patients more commonly experience malignant transformation to chondrosarcoma 
16. Maffucci Syndrome 
17. Autosomal dominant neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by caf-au-lait spots, axillary or inguinal freckling, eye findings, nerve lesions and bony abnormalities such as long bone cortical thinning 
18. Neurofibromatosis Type I or von Recklinghausen Disease 
19. Syndrome involving caf-au-lait spots, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia and autonomous endocrine dysfunction (most commonly leading to precocious puberty) 
20. McCune-Albright Syndrome 
21. An autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by a tetrad of abnormal growths including multiple osteomas, intestinal polyposis, soft tissue fibromas and cutaneous sebaceous cysts. 
22. Gardners Syndrome 
23. Familial cancer syndrome leading to increased risk of sarcoma, breast cancer and other CNS tumors 
24. LiFraumeni Syndrome 
25. Form of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, or Histiocytosis X, defined by the classic triad of exopthalmus, diabetes insipidus and bone lesions 
26. Hand-Schuller-Christian Disease 
27. Differential Diagnosis 
28. Breast cancer
Lung cancer
Thyroid cancer
Prostate cancer
Renal cell carcinoma 
29. Metastatic bone lesions 
30. Ewings sarcoma
Osteosarcoma
Infection
Eosinophilic granuloma
Hematologic malignancy
Metastatic tumor (Wilms, Neuroblastoma) 
31. Pediatric aggressive/malignant lesions 
32. Giant cell tumour
Osteoblastoma
Chondroblastoma
Aneurysmal bone cyst
Chondromyxoid Fibroma 
33. Benign-aggressive lesions 
34. Lymphoma
Acute leukemia
Desmoplastic round cell tumour
Ewings sarcoma/PNET
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Wilms tumour
Neuroblastoma 
35. Small round blue-cell tumors 
36. Osteoblastoma
Osteoid Osteoma
ABC
Osteochondroma
Metastases 
37. Posterior spine lesions 
38. Chondrosarcoma
Metastasis
Chordoma
GCT
ABC 
39. Sacral lesions 
40. Dont forget. 
41. Medical complication seen in patients with Pagets disease related to their hypermetabolic state 
42. High-output cardiac failure (or hypercalcemia) 
43. Malignant lesion on the differential diagnosis for an epiphyseal lesion in a skeletally mature individual 
44. Clear-cell chondrosarcoma 
45. Radiologic investigation to rule out other bone lesions as part of systemic staging for eosinophilic granuloma  
46. Skeletal survey 
47. Malignant tumour on the differential diagnosis of a metaphyseal/epiphyseal lesion in a skeletally mature individual which resembles GCT on X-ray 
48. Telangiectatic osteosarcoma 
49. Benign aggressive lesion which occasionally will metastasize to the lung necessitating a CXR as part of the patients work-up 
50. Chondroblastoma or GCT 
51. Solitary, non-neoplastic proliferation of histiocytes which is always on the differential diagnosis for a pediatric lesion 
52. Eosinophilic granuloma 
53. Spot Diagnosis 
55. Pagets disease 
57. Aneurysmal bone cyst 
59. Osteochondroma 
61. Eosinophilic granuloma 
63. Lipoma 
65. Osteoma or Bone island 
66. Investigations 
67. The process of completing radiologic and laboratory investigations to determine the extent of disease in a patient with a bone or soft tissue tumor 
68. Local and systemic staging 
69. Ancillary test performed to look for systemic micrometastases in children with Ewings sarcoma 
70. Bone marrow aspirate 
71. Investigation performed on tumor tissue to look for specific gene abnormalities associated with specific tumor types 
72. Cytogenetics 
73. 2 laboratory investigations performed to diagnose Multiple Myeloma 
74. Serum protein electrophoresis and urine for Bence-Jones protein 
75. Special pathologic staining tool used to identify cell-surface markers in order to determine the type of cell found in a tumor 
76. Immunohistochemistry 
77. A type of radiologic investigation, of which CT and MRI are examples, that is used to gain further information about the local extent of a bone or soft tissue tumor 
78. Cross-sectional imaging 
79. Genes etc. 
80. Genetic translocation and resulting fusion protein most commonly found in Ewings sarcoma 
81. t(11;22) and EWS-Fli1 
82. Germ cell layer from which bone and soft tissue sarcomas arise 
83. Mesoderm 
84. Cell surface marker for which Ewings sarcoma will stain positive on immunohistochemistry 
85. CD99 
86. Pattern of inheritance seen in 60-70% of cases of multiple hereditary exostoses (a.k.a. familial osteochondromatosis) 
87. Autosomal dominant 
88. Characteristic genetic translocation found is almost all synovial sarcomas which affects the morphology and clinical behaviour of the tumour 
89. t(X;18) 
90. Most common form of cell type found in primary lymphoma of bone 
91. Large B-cell 
92. Percentages 
93. The percentage of all cancers accounted for by sarcomas, leading to the diagnosis of 1,200 new sarcomas per year in Canada (950 soft tissue and 250 bone) 
94. < 1% 
95. Percentage of unicameral bone cysts occurring in the proximal femur or proximal humerus 
96. 90% 
97. Time-frame in which 80% of soft-tissue sarcomas will metastasize (80% of the time going to the lung) 
98. 2 years 
99. The average 5-year survival rate for bone sarcomas is 60-70%. The rate for soft tissue sarcomas is lower at this number. 
100. 50% 
101. 90% of diagnoses of osteosarcoma are made in this Enneking stage (high-grade extracompartmental) 
102. II B 
103. Percentage of patients with the breast, lung, renal, thyroid or prostate cancer who have bone lesions at autopsy 
104. 85% 
105. Location, Location, Location 
106. Characteristic change in location of a UBC seen as a result of longitudinal growth of the involved bone 
107. Metaphyseal to diaphyseal 
108. Benign, intramedullary cartilage-forming tumor most commonly found in the short tubular bones of the hands and feet 
109. Enchondroma 
110. Anatomic location, or part of the body, in which more than 40% of soft tissue sarcomas occur 
111. The thigh 
112. Location of lesion that is a negative prognostic factor for survival in patients with Ewings sarcoma 
113. Pelvis 
114. Approximately 50% of osteoblastomas occur in this location, often leading to backache and a reactive scoliosis 
115. Posterior elements of the spine 
116. Location in which 30-40% of chordomas are found, making it the second most common location for this tumour 
117. Base of the skull 
118. Radiology 
119. Low values of these two radiofrequency parameters tell you an MRI image is a T1 sequence, whereas high values indicate a T2 or sequence 
120. TR and TE 
121. Radiologic sign seen 20% of the time in the setting of a pathologic fracture through a UBC when a piece of cortical bone falls into the centre of the cyst 
122. Fallen leaf sign 
123. Benign proliferative disease of synovium, most commonly affecting the knee, which appears dark on T1 and dark on T2 
124. Pigmented villonodular synovitis 
125. Morphologic characteristic easily seen on CT scan which will differentiate this benign sessile osteochondroma from other lesions 
126. Cortical continuity between the lesion and normal bone 
127. Plain X-ray finding suggestive of a malignant process that may be described as onion-skinning or sunburst in appearance 
128. Periosteal reaction 
129. Description of the pattern of calcification seen here which is typical of cartilage-forming matrix 
130. Popcorn calcification or  arcs and rings or stippled calcification 
131. How do we treat it? 
132. First-line surgical procedure for PVNS which can be performed either open or arthroscopically 
133. Complete synovectomy 
134. Neoadjuvant therapy modalities to which chondrosarcoma does not respond such that surgery remains the mainstay of therapy 
135. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy 
136. A surgical technique used in oncologic surgery designed to prevent limb loss with the goals of resolution of the disease process and improved functional outcome 
137. Limb salvage surgery 
138. The purpose for which radiation therapy is employed either before or after surgical excision of a soft tissue sarcoma 
139. Improved local control 
140. Treatment modality employed prior to surgical excision of Ewings sarcoma 
141. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 
142. A minimally invasive treatment option very commonly used as an alternative to intralesional curettage for symptomatic osteoid osteomas   
143. Radiofrequency ablation 
144. Mixed Bag 
145. Two benign bone-forming lesions which are histologically identical but differentiated by size; one is smaller than 2 cm and one is 2 cm or larger 
146. Osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma 
147. Ratio of benign to malignant lesions in bone and soft tissue tumors 
148. 20:1 
149. Malignant degeneration of remnants of this embryologic structure is believed to give rise to chordoma 
150. Notochord 
151. An increase in the thickness of this structure is a sign of possible malignant degeneration of an osteochondroma, which occurs < 1% of the time in solitary lesions 
152. Cartilage cap 
153. Benign intramedullary lesion on the differential diagnosis for an enchondroma which is identified by its characteristic peripheral calcification 
154. Medullary bone infarct 
155. College where Dr. Ghert did her orthopedic surgery residency 
156. Duke