Adamantinoma
– 1o bone tumor with predilection for tibial diaphysis presenting during early adulthood
Signs & Symptoms:
– painful masses with variable symptom duration ranging from few months to few years
Xrays:
– well-circumscribed, eccentric, lytic lesions of tibial diaphysis
– may be multicystic lesion with surrounding sclerosis
– expansion of bone +/- intact cortex but no periosteal reaction
Histology:
– wide variety of histologic appearances
– basaloid pattern composed of groups of cells which peripherally have palisading epithelial cells
– hypocellular, poorly organized, fibrous connective tissue between islands of epithelial cells
Treatment:
– wide excision (limb salvage vs amputation)
– 20-25% metastasize to lungs
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