Benign Bone Tumors Radiographic Identification and Clinical Correlation

Course overview

Identify the radiographic and bone scan features that distinguish bone islands from osteoblastic metastasis and recognize fibrous cortical defects. Describe the clinical and radiographic features of non-ossifying fibromas, osteomas, and osteoid osteoma including the aspirin-relieved night pain and nidus. Differentiate osteoblastoma from osteoid osteoma and recognize the corduroy cloth appearance of vertebral hemangioma. Recognize the sunburst pattern of skull hemangioma and identify simple bone cysts with the fallen fragment sign. Describe the imaging features of aneurysmal bone cysts and explain the surgical curettage and femoral head bone grafting procedure. Identify the soap-bubble subarticular appearance of giant cell tumor and distinguish sessile from pedunculated solitary osteochondromas. Recognize hereditary multiple exostoses and describe the ground-glass matrix and shepherd's crook deformity of fibrous dysplasia. Identify eosinophilic granuloma findings including vertebra plana and button sequestrum, the cocade sign of intraosseous lipoma, and epiphyseal chondroblastoma.