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Board Review Mania
Set 2: Musculoskeletal/Connective Tissue
12
Medical
Professional
02/13/2008

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Term
Benign primary bone tumor. >2cm, woven bone surrounded by osteoblasts. Proximal tibia or femur
Definition
Osteoid Osteoma
Term

Benign primary bone tumor. Woven bone surrounded by osteoblasts. Found in vertebral column

Definition
Osteoblastoma
Term

Benign primary bone tumor. Epiphyseal end of long bones. "Double bubble"/"Soap bubble" appearance on xray. Locally aggresive, often distal femur/proximal tibia.

Definition
Giant cell tumor
Term

Most common benign bone tumor. Mature bone w/cartilagenous cap. Young men. Long metaphysis.

Definition
Osteochondroma
Term
Benign cartilagenous found in intramedullary bone. Distal extremities.
Definition
Enchondroma
Term
Most common primary malignant bone tumor. Men 10-20. Commonly metaphysis of long bones.
Definition
Osteosarcoma
Term

Anaplastic small blue cell malignant tumor

Onion skin appearance in bone

Young boys

Definition

Ewing's sarcoma.

 

Highly metastatic but responsive to chemo.

 

Diaphysis of long bones.

 

11;22 translocation

Term

Malignant cartilagenous tumor. Men 30-60.

 

Glistening mass is medullary cavity.

Definition

Chondrosarcoma.

 

Usually axial skeleton.

 

May originate from osteochondroma.

Term
Primary pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis
Definition
Vasculitis limited to the kidney. ANCA-associated.
Term

Churg-Strauss Syndrome

Definition

Granulomatous vasculitis with eosinophilia. Involves lung, heart, skin, kidneys, nerves.

Atopic patients, often.

ANCA-associated.

Term
Kawasaki disease
Definition

pediatric self-limiting acute necrotizing vasculitis of small/medium vessels.

 

Fever, lymphadenitis, mucosal changes. May develop aneurysms.

Term
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
Definition
Most common childhood systemic vasculitis. Rash, arthralgia, intestinal hermorrhage, abdominal pain, melena.
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