
BONES,
JOINTS
AND
CONNECTIVE
TISSUE
Fig.
10.35
Fig. 10.31 Osteochondroma
on a
rib. F/22. This
is a
common benign tumour which usually occurs
in the
region
of
the
epiphyses
of
long bones.
It is
characterized
by
having
a
distinct cartilage cap. Such tumours
are
easily excised.
Fig. 10.32
Osteoid
osteoma
in the
proximal phalanx
of a
finger.
M/30. There
is a
benign, well circumscribed tumour
within
the
medullary cavity.
The
treatment
of
choice
is
local
curettage. Amputation such
as
this
is
overtreatment.
The
commonest site
for an
osteoid osteoma
is the
upper
end of the
tibia.
Fig. 10.33
Benign
chondroma.
M/27. This small cartilage
tumour
was
resected from
the
tibia.
Fig. 10.34 Fibrous dysplasia
in the
medullary
cavity
of
the
midshaft
of the
tibia.
F/14.
Fig. 10.35
Multiple
benign
haemangiomas
in the
vertebrae.
F/68. This
was an
incidental postmortem finding.
Haemangiomas
of
bone
may be
single
or
multiple.
In the
vertebrae
they
may be
large enough
to
destroy cancellous bone,
which
may
result
in
crush fractures.
Fig. 10.36 Aneurysmal
bone
cyst
in the
lower
end of the
right
ulna.
M/40.
The
large angiomatous spaces
are
expanding
the
cortex
of the
bone, hence
the
name 'aneurysmal'.
Fig. 10.37
Osteogenic
sarcoma.
F/11.
The
creamy tumour
has
involved
the
lower
end of the
femur
and has
broken through
the
cortical bone
and
caused elevation
of the
periosteum.
Fig. 10.36
Fig.
10.37
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