Pathology

Question 1

What age group is affected by osteochondroma?

Answer 1

The young (<20)
M:f equal
(probably young because patient.com says they develop through period of growth)

Question 2

Where do osteochondromas tend to develop?

Answer 2

Near the ephiphyses of long bones

Question 3

Where would you find a chondroma?

Answer 3

Medullary cavity of hands and feet

Question 4

Ollier’s disease?

Answer 4

When multiple endochondromas are present

Question 5

Mafucci’s syndrome

Answer 5

In Mafucci’s syndrome, multiple enchondromas are associated with multiple angiomas.

Question 6

What age group would you find chondromas in?

Answer 6

Young adults

More common in men than women

Question 7

Endochondroma histology

Answer 7

• Lobules of varying size
• Chondrocytes with small, round, pyknotic nuclei inside hyaline cartilage – no atypia
• Variable cellularity