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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