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July 7, 2017/Orthopaedics

Diagnosing Osteoblastic Lesions: Osteoid Osteomas, Osteoblastomas and Osteosarcomas (Video)

Challenges and insights for pathologists

Osteoblastic lesions can be challenging for pathologists to diagnose. Watch Scott Kilpatrick, MD, staff in Anatomic Pathology and an expert in bone and soft tissue tumor pathology, discusses histologic features that help distinguish benign and malignant osteoblastic lesions. He addresses three questions:

  • What is the difference between osteoid osteoma/osteoblastoma and osteosarcoma?
  • What is malignant osteoid?
  • What is the importance of radiographs?

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