Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Bone

EDUARDO SANTINI-ARAUJO, MD, PhD Dr. Eduardo Santini-Araujo gained his medical degree in 1973, at the Medical School of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and got his certificate in Pathology after Medical Residency in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology certified by the Argentine Society of Orthopaedia. In 1978, while working as fellow of the Orthopaedic Society, he started his work with his mentor Prof. Dr Fritz Schajowicz. He worked also with Dr Steven Teitelbaum at the Jewish Hospital of Washington University, St Louis Missouri and with Prof Franz Enzinger in the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington DC. Since 1978 he has worked with Prof Rómulo L Cabrini as Associate Researcher in the Department of Radiobiology of the National Atomic Energy Commission, Buenos Aires and as fellow of the National Council of Scientific and Technologic Research.

Part I Introduction.- Practical Approach to the Diagnosis of Bone Tumors.- Special Clinical Aspects of Certain Bone Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions.- An Imaging Approach to Bone Tumors.- Methods of Bone Biopsy.- Basic and Ancillary Techniques in Bone Pathology.- Grading and Staging.- Basic Guidelines on the Oncologic Treatment of Malignant Tumors of Bone.- Surgical Treatment of Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of Bone.- Part II Bone-Forming Tumors.- Medullary Osteoma.- Parosteal Osteoma.- Osteoid Osteoma.- Osteoblastoma.- Conventional Central Osteosarcoma.- Parosteal Osteosarcoma.- Periosteal Osteosarcoma.- High-Grade Surface Osteosarcoma.- Part III Cartilage-Forming Tumors.- Enchondroma.- Multiple Enchondromatosis (Ollier's Disease).- Periosteal Chondroma.- Osteochondroma.- Multiple Osteochondromatosis.- Chondroblastoma.- Chondromyxoid Fibroma.- Chondrosarcoma.- Chondrosarcoma Variants.- Part IV Giant Cell Tumor.- Giant Cell Tumor of Bone.- Part V Round Cell Tumors.- Ewing's Sarcoma Family of Tumors.- Lymphoma of Bone.- Myeloma.- Part VI Fibrous Tumors.- Desmoplastic Fibroma of Bone.- Fibrosarcoma of Bone.- Part VII Fibrohistiocytic Tumors.- Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone.- Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone.- Part VIII Vascular Tumors.- Hemangioma.- Epithelioid Hemangioma.- Glomus Tumor.- Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma.- Angiosarcoma.- Part IX Adamantinoma.- Adamantinoma.- Part X Notochordal Tumors.- Benign Notochordal Cell Tumor.- Chordoma.- Part XI Leiomyosarcoma.- Leiomyosarcoma of Bone.- Part XII Adipocytic Tumors.- Lipoma of Bone.- Liposarcoma of Bone.- Part XIII Neurogenic Tumors.- Schwannoma of Bone.- Neurofibroma of Bone.- Part XIV Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor.- Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor.- Part XV Metastatic Carcinoma Involving Bone.- Metastatic Bone Carcinoma.