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26 YOWF presents with 3wk Hx single, rapidly growing mass in right volar forearm
nodular fasciitis
Age, Race, Sex Not Important
Reactive fibroblastic proliferation morphologically similar to sarcoma but self limited
volar forearm [ > chest > back]
rapid ± painful growth over weeks
poorly defined nodular drowth of deep dermis, subcutis, muscle
Hist: swirls of spindle cells, mitoses, nucleoli
23 YOWF presents 2 mo postpartum c rapidly growing mass in abdominal wall
Grey-white poorly demarcated rubbery iniltrated mass of uniform, plump fibroblasts; occur at many locations in the body, agressive local growth but do not met; tend to recur after excision

M=F 20 ± 10; F ≈ Abdominal
Risk Factors: Pregnancy, APC inactivating mutations, Beta catenin activating mutations (APC = Tumor Suppressor, Beta Catenin = Oncogene)

Tx: surgery; recur: tamoxifen, ChemoRx, Rad

Abdominal desmoids arise in aponeurosis during or after pregnancy
intra-abdominal desmoids involve mesentery or pelvic walls ± Gardner Sro
Extra-Abdominal in shoulder, chest wall, back thigh
Desmoid Tumors, Osteoma of the Calvarium, & Colon CA
Gardner Sro: APC KO

100% dvlp Colon CA
mass lesion
histology: herringbone pattern
fibrosarcoma

retroperitoneum, thigh or around knee and distal extremities
spindle shaped cells in herringbone pattern
aggressive, high recurrence ± met; Childhood Good Px
fibrosarcoma

retroperitoneum, thigh or around knee and distal extremities
spindle shaped cells in herringbone pattern
aggressive, high recurrence ± met; Childhood Good Px
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteogenesis imperfecta aka Brittle Bone Disease
An osteoporotic dz (not enough bone)

[Mutated genes for a1 and a2 collagen subchains]
Extreme skeletal fragility: joints, eyes, ears, skin & teeth

Type 1: normal collagen, ↓ amt → normal lifespan increased childhood fx's
[blue sclerae from visualized choroid, hearing loss from condxn problems, dental problems: small blue teeth]

Type 2 Osteogenesis Imperfecta: no collagen → many intrauterine fx's → uniformly fatal
blue sclerae, hearing loss, small misshapen blue teeth
Osteogenesis imperfecta aka Brittle Bone Disease
An osteoporotic dz (not enough bone)

[Mutated genes for a1 and a2 collagen subchains]
Extreme skeletal fragility: joints, eyes, ears, skin & teeth

Type 1: normal collagen, ↓ amt → normal lifespan increased childhood fx's
[blue sclerae from visualized choroid, hearing loss from condxn problems, dental problems: small blue teeth]

Type 2 Osteogenesis Imperfecta: no collagen → many intrauterine fx's → uniformly fatal
Collagen Produxn Enzyme KO
Type 2 Osteogenesis Imperfecta aka Brittle Bone Disease

no collagen → many intrauterine fx's → uniformly fatal



Type 1: normal collagen, ↓ amt → normal lifespan increased childhood fx's
[blue sclerae from visualized choroid, hearing loss from condxn problems, dental problems: small blue teeth]
metastatic tumor found in lungs

histology: mix of epithelioid and spindle cells
synovial sarcoma

t(X:18 translocation) SYT-SSX
peaks 35 ± 15
Highly malignant soft ts tumor
Arise ADJACENT to large joints: knee & thigh most common
Few (<10%) intraarticular

Behavior:
5 Year Px: Poor (40%)
10 Yr Px: Very Poor (30%)

Mets to lung & Skeleton before regional LN's
biphasic growth pattern of epithelial cell "gland" like formation and fibroblast-like spindle cells
Erlenmyer Flask Bone Deformity
Defects in any of several metabolic pathways → Diffuse skeletal sclerosis: stonelike quality of bones: brittle, break like chalk
eg path: carbonic anhydrase deficiency: no acidity produced by osteoclasts

Most commonly
AR malignant type: death in infancy: fx, anemia, hydrocephaly
& AD benign type: osteoporosis in adolescence, mild CN deficits, mild anemia

Marble Bone Dz, Albers-Schonbert Dz

Morph: Erlenmyer Flask Deformity: bones lack medullary canal, misshapen longbones with bulbous ends, no mature trabeculae, no room for marrow
Complx: stenotic foramena, compressed nerves; primary spongiosa persists, no mature trabeculae, no hematopoietic marrow

Possible Tx: bone marrow transplants
osteoporosis in adolescence, mild CN deficits, persistent fatigue
Defects in any of several metabolic pathways → Diffuse skeletal sclerosis: stonelike quality of bones: brittle, break like chalk
eg path: carbonic anhydrase deficiency: no acidity produced by osteoclasts

Most commonly
AR malignant type: death in infancy: fx, anemia, hydrocephaly
& AD benign type: osteoporosis in adolescence, mild CN deficits, mild anemia

Marble Bone Dz, Albers-Schonbert Dz

Morph: Erlenmyer Flask Deformity: bones lack medullary canal, misshapen longbones with bulbous ends, no mature trabeculae, no room for marrow
Complx: stenotic foramena, compressed nerves; primary spongiosa persists, no mature trabeculae, no hematopoietic marrow

Possible Tx: bone marrow transplants
Defective Osteoclastic Fnx
Defects in any of several metabolic pathways → Diffuse skeletal sclerosis: stonelike quality of bones: brittle, break like chalk
eg path: carbonic anhydrase deficiency: no acidity produced by osteoclasts

Most commonly
AR malignant type: death in infancy: fx, anemia, hydrocephaly
& AD benign type: osteoporosis in adolescence, mild CN deficits, mild anemia

Marble Bone Dz, Albers-Schonbert Dz

Morph: Erlenmyer Flask Deformity: bones lack medullary canal, misshapen longbones with bulbous ends, no mature trabeculae, no room for marrow
Complx: stenotic foramena, compressed nerves; primary spongiosa persists, no mature trabeculae, no hematopoietic marrow

Possible Tx: bone marrow transplants
Marble Bone Dz
Defects in any of several metabolic pathways → Diffuse skeletal sclerosis: stonelike quality of bones: brittle, break like chalk
eg path: carbonic anhydrase deficiency: no acidity produced by osteoclasts

Most commonly
AR malignant type: death in infancy: fx, anemia, hydrocephaly
& AD benign type: osteoporosis in adolescence, mild CN deficits, mild anemia

Marble Bone Dz, Albers-Schonbert Dz

Morph: Erlenmyer Flask Deformity: bones lack medullary canal, misshapen longbones with bulbous ends, no mature trabeculae, no room for marrow
Complx: stenotic foramena, compressed nerves; primary spongiosa persists, no mature trabeculae, no hematopoietic marrow

Possible Tx: bone marrow transplants
Albers-Schonbert Dz
Defects in any of several metabolic pathways → Diffuse skeletal sclerosis: stonelike quality of bones: brittle, break like chalk
eg path: carbonic anhydrase deficiency: no acidity produced by osteoclasts

Most commonly
AR malignant type: death in infancy: fx, anemia, hydrocephaly
& AD benign type: osteoporosis in adolescence, mild CN deficits, mild anemia

Marble Bone Dz, Albers-Schonbert Dz

Morph: Erlenmyer Flask Deformity: bones lack medullary canal, misshapen longbones with bulbous ends, no mature trabeculae, no room for marrow
Complx: stenotic foramena, compressed nerves; primary spongiosa persists, no mature trabeculae, no hematopoietic marrow

Possible Tx: bone marrow transplants
Mosaic Pattern of Lamellar Bone
Paget disease aka Osteitis Deformans
Pathogenesis: integrated gene from measles → Osteoclast Dysfnx: furious osteolytic stage followed by hectic bone formation → burnt out osteosclerotic quiescence; stages variation by different sites; net gain in architecturally disordered bone mass; thick trebeculae w/ soft poros cortex.

Pt: Western European Whites (England, France, Germany, US, Australia & NZ)
Mid-adult onset
Pathognomonic Histology: Mosaic Pattern of Lamellar Bone

Dx: Radiography: enlarged bone w/ thick coarsened corticies and cancellous bone;
Labs: increased blood AP & increased urinary hydroxyproline

Presentation: Pain, difficult to hold head erect, compression of posterior fossa structures, severe osteoarthritis of femoral heads, bowing of tibiae, warm skin, high output heart failure

Side 3/Different Card for Complications (p1216)
von Recklinghausen Dz
Generalized osteitis fibrosa cystica = von Recklinghausen (Bone) Dz = ↑ brown cell activity, peritrabecular fibrosis and cystic brown tumors; hallmark of severe hyperparathyroidism;

X-ray pattern of radial aspect of middle phalanges of index & middle fingers
Dissecting osteitis: tunnelling osteoclasts dissecting through trabeculae
Brown Tumor: reactive fibrous ts 2° to microfx c hemorrhage; brown is vascularity + hemosiderin;
Px: cystic degeneration
Generalized osteitis fibrosa cystica
Generalized osteitis fibrosa cystica = von Recklinghausen (Bone) Dz = ↑ brown cell activity, peritrabecular fibrosis and cystic brown tumors; hallmark of severe hyperparathyroidism;

X-ray pattern of radial aspect of middle phalanges of index & middle fingers
Dissecting osteitis: tunnelling osteoclasts dissecting through trabeculae
Brown Tumor: reactive fibrous ts 2° to microfx c hemorrhage; brown is vascularity + hemosiderin;
Px: cystic degeneration
↑ brown cell activity, peritrabecular fibrosis and cystic brown tumors
Generalized osteitis fibrosa cystica = von Recklinghausen (Bone) Dz = ; hallmark of severe hyperparathyroidism;

X-ray pattern of radial aspect of middle phalanges of index & middle fingers
Dissecting osteitis: tunnelling osteoclasts dissecting through trabeculae
Brown Tumor: reactive fibrous ts 2° to microfx c hemorrhage; brown is vascularity + hemosiderin;
Px: cystic degeneration
Brodie Abscess
small intraosseus abscess that freq involves cortex and is walled off by reactive bone
Involucrum
sleave of newly formed bone around infected, necrotic bone
Sequestrum
dead peice of bone; 2* to suppruation & ischemia
Tuberculous Osteomyelitis in the spine
Pott disease

breaks through IV discs to involve multiple vertebrae and exctends into soft ts to form abscesses;

Presentation: pain c motion; local tenderness over spine, low grade fever, chills, weight loss
Px: severe destrx of veretrae, compression fx's, kyphoscoliosis, neurologic deficits
Brown Tumor
reactive fibrous ts 2° to microfx c hemorrhage; brown is vascularity + hemosiderin;
Px: cystic degeneration

a manifestation of hyperparathyroidism
Dissecting osteitis
tunnelling osteoclasts dissecting through trabeculae

a manifestation of hyperparathyroidism
severe nocturnal pain localized in lower leg relieved by aspirin
classic triad of osteoid osteoma

Common Bones: lower leg
Typical Location on Bone: cortex
Radiographic Description: centrally lytic lesion w/ rim of sclerotic ts in cortex
Histology: interconnecting trabeculae of woven bone surrounded by osteoblastsidentical to osteoblastomas, but always <2cm; sharply demarcated, surrounded by reactive scleortic bone proliferation;
Pt male 20 yo ± ~15
Behavior: always <2 cm
Px: benign; tx radioablation

well circumscribed, round mass of gritty hemorrhagic ts
2* osteosarcomas
more common in elderly

arise in pre-existing bone pathologies: Paget's, Radiation, Bone infarcts, Fibrous Dysplasia, Osteochondromas
sunburst pattern of calcification around bone
Conventional Osteosarcoma
Presentation: painful progressively enlarging mass presents from pathologic fx
Bones: long bones of extremities esp around knee
Location: intramedullary most common, cortical & surface variants exist
Gross: gritty, gray white, bulky tumor w/ areas of hemorrhage, degeneration
Radiography: mixed lytic and blastic lesions w/ permeative margins; extension through cortex common; reactive periosteal bone formation; Codman's triangle of raised periosteium. sunburst pattern of calcified osteoid.
Histology: variant: defined by formation of bone surrounded by poorly differentiated pleomorphic cells
Pt: M ≥ F 1° tumors <20yo, 2° tumors in elderly
Biochemistry: RB gene in most, else p53
Behavior: solitary: arises in intramedullary canal w/in metaphysis of long bones, spreads through canal; destroys overlying cortex "blows through" into surrounding soft ts; hematogenous dissemination esp to lungs; death from distant mets
Tx: surg + chemoRx;
Px: Fair (66%)
triangle of raised periosteum
Conventional Osteosarcoma
Presentation: painful progressively enlarging mass presents from pathologic fx
Bones: long bones of extremities esp around knee
Location: intramedullary most common, cortical & surface variants exist
Gross: gritty, gray white, bulky tumor w/ areas of hemorrhage, degeneration
Radiography: mixed lytic and blastic lesions w/ permeative margins; extension through cortex common; reactive periosteal bone formation; Codman's triangle of raised periosteium. sunburst pattern of calcified osteoid.
Histology: variant: defined by formation of bone surrounded by poorly differentiated pleomorphic cells
Pt: M ≥ F 1° tumors <20yo, 2° tumors in elderly
Biochemistry: RB gene in most, else p53
Behavior: solitary: arises in intramedullary canal w/in metaphysis of long bones, spreads through canal; destroys overlying cortex "blows through" into surrounding soft ts; hematogenous dissemination esp to lungs; death from distant mets
Tx: surg + chemoRx;
Px: Fair (66%)
Ollier disease
unilateral
sporadic developmental
multiple enchondromas w/ risk for condhrosarcoma
Ollier disease
unilateral
sporadic developmental
multiple enchondromas w/ risk for condhrosarcoma
Maffuci Sro
Genetid defect
multiple enchondromas
Soft Ts hemangiomas
50% dvlp chondrosarcoma; also brain and ovarian malignancies
Maffuci Sro
Genetid defect
multiple enchondromas
Soft Ts hemangiomas
50% dvlp chondrosarcoma; also brain and ovarian malignancies
t(11:22)
Ewing Sarcoma/Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)
Small Rount Blue Cell Tumors
Genetics: t(11:22) translocation in vast majority forms EWS-FLI-1 fusion transcription factor oncogene

Ewing Sarcoma
Significant Minority of 1* Malignant Bone Tumors (10%)
Pt Caucasian M≥F, 12yo ± 3
Arise in Medullary Cavity in Diaphysis of Long Tubular Bones esp femur or Flat bones of pelvis; Invade Cortex
Radiograph: Permeative pattern with onion skin periosteal rxn
Hist: small round blue cells
Presentation: Painful, enlarging mass ± infx-mimicing sx: fever, increased ESR, anemia, leukocytosis
Tx: Surgery & ChemoRx ± Rad
Px: Very Poor w/o Tx (15%)
W/ Agressive 50% cure, majority can survive 5 years
lytic soap-bubbly eccentric mass that erodes the subchondral plate
giant cell tumor of bone
Benign but Aggressive
Osteoclast like giant cells of monocyte lineage
F>M 35 ± 15
50% around knee, else any bone esp epiphysis
if adolescent in metaphysis
Radiography: lytic soap-bubbly eccentric mass that erodes the subchondral plate
[Gross: yellow, red brown w/ cystic degeneration]
Hist: osteoclast-like giant cell w/ 100+ nucli in sea of mononuclear cells w/ identical nuclei;
Presentation: arthritis: joint swelling & pain ± pathologic fx
Behavior: unpredictable, few metastasize
Tx: surgical curettage w/ bone graph, 50% recurrence
Px: sarcomatous transformation is infrequent but possible
Chronic Progressive Low Back Pain Characterized by Spinal Immobility & SI Joint Pain
Ankylosing Spondylitis

M 3x>F
Adolecent Onset
Genetic predisposition of : HLAB27, IL23R (receptor), ARTS1 (involved in antigen processing)
Chronic progressive arthritis with cartilage destrx & ankylosis:
SI joint, Apophyseal joints btw tuberosities and processes
Enthesitis w/ ossification of annuli fibroses → "bamboo spine" immobility

Presents as Progressive low back pain, Often pierphal joints involved: hip, shoulder
Extra-articular invlvmt: Uvietis, aortitis, SAA type amyloidosis

p1241
HLA-CW6
Predisposition to Psoriatic Arthritis:
~10% of psorasis pts
40 ± 10 M=F
HLAB27, HLA CW6

Gradual onset of joint involvement, destrx similar to RA
interphalangeal joints most common → sausage digits
Asymmetric invlmt of hands, feet

Extra-articular conjunctivitis, iritis
Often SI & Spinal

p1241
[30% SI & Spinal]
ARTS1
Genetic Predisposition to Ankylosing Spondylitis:
M 3x>F
Adolecent Onset
Genetic predisposition of : HLAB27, IL23R (receptor), ARTS1 (involved in antigen processing)
Chronic progressive arthritis with cartilage destrx & ankylosis:
SI joint, Apophyseal joints btw tuberosities and processes
Enthesitis w/ ossification of annuli fibroses → "bamboo spine" immobility

Presents as Progressive low back pain, Often pierphal joints involved: hip, shoulder
Extra-articular invlvmt: Uvietis, aortitis, SAA type amyloidosis

p1241
IL23R
Genetic Predisposition to Ankylosing Spondylitis:
M 3x>F
Adolecent Onset
Genetic predisposition of : HLAB27, IL23R (receptor), ARTS1 (involved in antigen processing)
Chronic progressive arthritis with cartilage destrx & ankylosis:
SI joint, Apophyseal joints btw tuberosities and processes
Enthesitis w/ ossification of annuli fibroses → "bamboo spine" immobility

Presents as Progressive low back pain, Often pierphal joints involved: hip, shoulder
Extra-articular invlvmt: Uvietis, aortitis, SAA type amyloidosis

p1241
CASR
Ca2+ Sensing Receptor
AD mutation → hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
Never present in sporadic
Large joint arthritis: remitting and migratory
Borrelia burgdorferi, Ixodes Tick
Erythema chronicum migrans "bull's eye"
majority of unTx → arthritis sometime w/in 2 years; indicative of late, stage 3 dz
Arthritis is remitting and migratory, involves large joints esp knees
1-2 joints/attack for weeks at a time
synovitis, papillary (pannus like RA), onionskin thickening of blood vessels (c spirochetes in the walls!)
Occasional (10%) → chronic refractory arthritis w/ deformity
Lesch-Nyhan Sro
X linked deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase HGPRT, part of salvage pathway → → ↑ purine synth/↑ urate prodxn → Hyperuricemia,

Severe MR, Self Mutilation ± Gouty Arthritis
HGPRT Deficiency
Lesch-Nyhan Sro

X linked deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase HGPRT, part of salvage pathway → → ↑ purine synth/↑ urate prodxn → Hyperuricemia,

Severe MR, Self Mutilation ± Gouty Arthritis
Most common benign soft tumor of adulthood
lipoma: Benign tumor of mature fat calls
esp overweight
Soft, mobile, usually painless & slow growing, do not regress with weight loss
Histologic variants have no clinical significance
Characteristic Chrom Abnormalities
Second most common sarcoma
Liposarcoma: Malignant Tumor of Fat Cells

55 ± 15
Loc: Deep soft ts of proximal extremities, retroperitoneum
Lipoblasts & lipocytes
Indolent to Agressive, behavior correlates to grade
Tx: Surgery + ChemoRx
most common soft ts sarcoma
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma/undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma

undifferentiated, heterogenous histology
most common sooft ts sarcoma >40 yo
arise in prox extremities & retroperitoneum
aggressively malignant often met (40%)
hist: spindle cells, storiform/cartwheel pattern, xanthoma cells and bizarre giant cells

p1253
most common mesenchymal neoplasm of the hand
Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon Sheath

localized form of pigmented villonodular, involves tendon sheath of wrist fingers and toe
presents as slow growing painless mass
may erod underlying bone
local recurrence following inadequate excision
solid, golden nodule attached to synovium
neoplastic cells resemble synoviocytes and form giant cells; infiltrates of hemosiderin and foamy M∅ present
most common cause of aSx ↑ Ca2+
Hyperparathyroidism
assoc c ↓ Phosphate
most common cause of Sx ↑ Ca2+
CA