Bone
Bone is a scaffold it bears weight and occasionally gets infected.
Tumours often spread to bone and occasionally arise in bone. Bone tumours are dealt with in the bone tumours article.
Normal bone
Bone anatomy
- Epiphysis = rounded end of the bone.
- Metaphysis = between epiphysis and diaphysis; contains epiphyseal plate - site of growth in childhood.
- Diaphysis = shaft, mid-portion, contains bone marrow.
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Bone. (WC)
Bone histology
Two types (based on arrangement of collagen):
- Woven bone.
- Lamellar bone.
Woven bone
- Always abnormal in adults.
- Collagen arranged haphazardly - mechanically weak.
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Lamellar bone
- Collagen organized in layers (lamellae).
Woven versus lamellar
- Easiest way to differentiate: polarize; lamellar bone has well-defined layers.
Bone cells
- Osteocytes.
- Sit in lacunae.
- Empty lacunae = necrotic bone.
- Sit in lacunae.
- Osteoblasts.
- Make bone.
- Osteoclasts.
- Destroy bone.
- Multinucleated.
Memory device: 'b' before 'c'.
Bone marrow
Main article: Haematopoiesis
General
- One of two primary lymphoid organs - the other one is the thymus.[2]
Bone marrow biopsy adequacy:[3]
- 10 intertrabecular spaces or 10 mm.
Microscopic
One should see three cell lines:[4]
- Erythroid (red cells).
- Myeloid (white blood cells).
- Megakaryocytic (platelets).
Adipose tissue:
- Fat content (%) ~= age in years.[5]
- e.g. 60 year old will have 60% fatty replacement.
Identifying the cell lines:[6]
- Megakaryocytes:
- Big cells ~ 3x the size of a RBC.
- Normoblasts (RBC precursors):
- Hyperchromatic, i.e. blue, nucleus.
- Myeloid line:
- Granules.
- Reniform nucleus, i.e. kidney bean shaped nucleus.
Note:
- Lymphocytes are considered separately and typically spared in bone marrow failure.[7]
Organization
- Mature hematopoeitic cells at the centre (distant from bone).
- Immature hematopoeitic cells adjacent to the bone.
Note:
- Immediately adjacent to the bone (paratrabecular)... is where follicular lymphoma is classically found.[8]
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Myeloid line. (WC)
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Essentially normal
Bone Marrow, Posterior Superior Iliac Spine, Biopsy: - Bone marrow with trilineage hematopoiesis. - Cellularity within normal limits for age. - Case will be sent to hematology for consultation and correlation with other testing.
Benign variants
Hyperostosis frontalis interna
- Extra-thick frontal bone.[9]
- No clinical significance -- just has to be recognized as a "nothing".
Infections
Acute osteomyelitis
General
Pathophysiology/entry:
- Hematogenous - often in children.
- Direct entry (skin defect) - adults with diabetes.
Microscopic
Features:
- PMNs.
- Micro-organisms - esp. cocci.
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Stains
Chronic osteomyelitis
General
Most common organism:
- Staphylococcus aureus.[10]
Risk factors:[10]
- Diabetes mellitus.
- Peripheral vascular disease.
Microscopic
Features:
- Plasma cells - key feature.
- May be sterile, i.e. no organisms.
- +/-Fibrosis.
- +/-Necrotic bone - bone with empty lacunae.
- +/-Amyloid.
- ~10% of patients in one series.[11]
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LOWER LEG, RIGHT, BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION: - ACUTE AND CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS. - MODERATE ATHEROSCLEROSIS. - SKIN ULCERATION. - SOFT TISSUE SURGICAL MARGIN WITH FAT NECROSIS AND MUSCULAR ATROPHY. - NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
TRAPEZIUM, RIGHT HAND, REMOVAL: - DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE. - MARROW SPACE WITH FIBROSIS AND SCATTERED LYMPHOCYTES AND PLASMA CELLS, COMPATIBLE WITH MILD CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS. - NO MICROORGANISMS APPARENT WITH ROUTINE STAINS. - NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
Bone tumours
Main article: Bone tumours
This is a big topic. It is dealt with in a separate article.
The bone tumour article covers tumour mimics, e.g. brown cell tumour.
Fractures
Main article: Bone fractures
This is dealt with in the forensic pathology article.
Others
The following is a collection of stuff that doesn't really fit in another category or is just weird.
A general DDx for cystic bone lesions is found on radipedia.com.[12]
Osteoarthritis
Main article: Osteoarthritis
This keeps orthopaedic surgeons busy.
Aneurysmal bone cyst
Main article: Aneurysmal bone cyst
Myositis ossificans
General
Epidemiology:
- Young people.
- History of trauma - typically.
- Extremities - digits (fingers, toes).
Notes:
- Histologically "worrisome" (for malignancy) - due to high cellularity.[13]
Microscopic
Features:[13]
- High cellularity.
- Low mitotic activity.
- No atypical mitoses.
- No hyperchromasia.
Other features:[14]
- Low power diagnosis:
- Lesion is well-circumscribed.
- Normal muscle is adjacent to the lesion - key feature.
DDx:
- Heterotopic ossification - bone, not cellular, no inflammation.
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Paget disease of the bone
Main article: Paget's disease of the bone
Fibrous dysplasia
- AKA osteitis fibrosa.
Main article: Fibrous dysplasia
Desmoplastic fibroma
- Not to be confused with desmoplastic fibroblastoma.
General
- Rare.
Microscopic
Features:[15]
- Lamellar bone.
- Fibrotic marrow space with:
- Collagen.
- Low cellularity.
- Spindle cells without significant atypia.
DDx:
- Fibrous dysplasia - has woven bone.
- Low grade fibrosarcoma.
Gaucher disease
Main article: Gaucher disease
General
- May present as a fracture.
Microscopic
- Macrophages in the marrow space with a "crumpled tissue paper" appearance.
Langerhans cell histiocytosis of bone
- AKA eosinophilic granuloma of bone.
Main article: Langerhans cell histiocytosis
General
- Rare.
- Children.
Microscopic
Features:
- Eosinophils.
- Cerebriform and/or reniform macrophages.
Giant cell reparative granuloma
- AKA central giant cell granuloma,[16] abbreviated CGCG.
- AKA solid aneurysmal bone cyst.[17]
General
- Lesion of the mandible and maxilla.[16]
Radiology
- Lytic lesion.
Microscopic
Features:[16]
- Giant cells.
- Fibroblasts.
- Osteoid.
- Hemosiderin-laden macrophages.
DDx:
- Peripheral giant cell granuloma - soft tissue counterpart of CGCG.
- Giant cell tumour of bone.
Images
CGCG - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
CGCG - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Molecular
Recurrent chromosomal translocation:[17]
- t(16;17)(q22;p13).
Osteopetrosis
General
- Rare.
- Genetic - may be autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive or X-linked.[18]
- Pancytopenias - due to oblieration of the marrow space.
- Fractures.
- Radiologic diagnosis.
Gross
- Marbled appearance.
- Thickening with obliteration of the marrow space.
- Patchy (brown) surface due to vascularization/extramedullary hematopoiesis.[19]
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Microscopic
Features:[20]
- Abundant irregular (pink) bony trabeculae with layers of (blue-gray) cartilage.
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Osteoporosis
General
- Very common.
- Associated with fractures, esp. wrist, hip & vertebra.[21]
- Radiologic diagnosis - bone mineral density.
Etiology:[22]
- Primary (senile).
- Secondary:
- Endocrine:
- Hyperparathyroidism.
- Gastrointestinal:
- Malabsorption, e.g. celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, Crohn's disease.
- Starvation.
- Psychiatric:
- Anorexia nervosa.
- Bulimia nervosa.
- Neoplasia:
- Drugs:
- Systemic steroids.[23]
- Endocrine:
Gross
- Decreased numbers of, abnormally thin, bony spicules.
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Microscopic
Features (femoral neck):[24]
- Thinner cortex.
- Decreased trabecular thickness
- Decreased number of trabeculae.
Note:
- One study looking at iliac bone biopsies suggests trabeculae are no different in osteoporosis.[25]
See also
References
- ↑ Lin DD, Gailloud P, McCarthy EF, Comi AM (February 2006). "Oromaxillofacial osseous abnormality in Sturge-Weber syndrome: case report and review of the literature". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 27 (2): 274–7. PMID 16484391.
- ↑ URL: http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci423/song/Lab1.html. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.
- ↑ Rudzki, Z.; Partyła, T.; Okoń, K.; Stachura, J. (2005). "Adequacy of trephine bone marrow biopsies: the doctor and the patient make a difference.". Pol J Pathol 56 (4): 187-95. PMID 16477878.
- ↑ URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/199003-overview. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.
- ↑ IAV. 26 Feb 2009.
- ↑ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Hematopoiesis_%28human%29_diagram.png
- ↑ http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/199003-overview
- ↑ Iancu, D.; Hao, S.; Lin, P.; Anderson, SK.; Jorgensen, JL.; McLaughlin, P.; Medeiros, LJ. (Feb 2007). "Follicular lymphoma in staging bone marrow specimens: correlation of histologic findings with the results of flow cytometry immunophenotypic analysis.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 131 (2): 282-7. doi:10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[282:FLISBM]2.0.CO;2. PMID 17284114.
- ↑ URL: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hyperostosis_frontalis_interna. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hatzenbuehler, J.; Pulling, TJ. (Nov 2011). "Diagnosis and management of osteomyelitis.". Am Fam Physician 84 (9): 1027-33. PMID 22046943.
- ↑ Alabi, ZO.; Ojo, OS.; Odesanmi, WO. (1991). "Secondary amyloidosis in chronic osteomyelitis.". Int Orthop 15 (1): 21-2. PMID 2071276.
- ↑ URL: http://radipedia.com/WikiMedia/index.php?title=Benign_cystic_bone_lesions. Accessed on: 15 March 2011.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 607. ISBN 978-0781765275.
- ↑ IAV. 9 December 2010.
- ↑ URL: http://www.bonetumor.org/tumors-fibrous-tissue/desmoplastic-fibroma. Accessed on: 14 April 2011.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Shah UA, Shah AK, Kumar S. Giant cell reparative granuloma of the jaw: A case report. Indian J Radiol Imaging [serial online] 2006 [cited 2012 Feb 28];16:677-8. Available from: http://www.ijri.org/text.asp?2006/16/4/677/32297.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Pan, Z.; Sanger, WG.; Bridge, JA.; Hunter, WJ.; Siegal, GP.; Wei, S. (Jan 2012). "A novel t(6;13)(q15;q34) translocation in a giant cell reparative granuloma (solid aneurysmal bone cyst).". Hum Pathol. doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2011.10.003. PMID 22285042.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Stark, Z.; Savarirayan, R. (2009). "Osteopetrosis.". Orphanet J Rare Dis 4: 5. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-4-5. PMC 2654865. PMID 19232111. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2654865/.
- ↑ Rose, Alan G. (2008). Atlas of Gross Pathology with Histologic Correlation (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 469. ISBN 978-0521868792.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 McMahon, C.; Will, A.; Hu, P.; Shah, GN.; Sly, WS.; Smith, OP. (Apr 2001). "Bone marrow transplantation corrects osteopetrosis in the carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome.". Blood 97 (7): 1947-50. PMID 11264157.
- ↑ Lix, LM.; Azimaee, M.; Acan Osman, B.; Caetano, P.; Morin, S.; Metge, C.; Goltzman, D.; Kreiger, N. et al. (Apr 2012). "Osteoporosis-related fracture case definitions for population-based administrative data.". BMC Public Health 12 (1): 301. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-301. PMID 22537071.
- ↑ Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 617. ISBN 978-1416054542.
- ↑ Dalle Carbonare, L.; Bertoldo, F.; Valenti, MT.; Zenari, S.; Zanatta, M.; Sella, S.; Giannini, S.; Cascio, VL. (2005). "Histomorphometric analysis of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.". Micron 36 (7-8): 645-52. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2005.07.009. PMID 16243531.
- ↑ Blain, H.; Chavassieux, P.; Portero-Muzy, N.; Bonnel, F.; Canovas, F.; Chammas, M.; Maury, P.; Delmas, PD. (Nov 2008). "Cortical and trabecular bone distribution in the femoral neck in osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.". Bone 43 (5): 862-8. doi:10.1016/j.bone.2008.07.236. PMID 18708176.
- ↑ Chappard, D.; Alexandre, C.; Riffat, G. (1988). "Spatial distribution of trabeculae in iliac bone from 145 osteoporotic females.". Acta Anat (Basel) 132 (2): 137-42. PMID 3414359.
