Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology — Flashcards

When Pseudogout crystals are aspirated from the joint for microscopic analysis, these are _____ and weakly positively birefringent under parallel polarized light

Hint: color

_____-associated amyloidosis is characterized by deposition of β2-microglobulin in joints

Striated muscle can give rise to a _____ (benign) and rhabdomyosarcoma (malignant)

The exuberant proliferation of _____ is seen in desmoid tumors

Osteoma is a benign tumor of _____ that is seen in middle age

Hint: what overall type of structure?

In _____, one or more foci of irregularly laid spongy bone replace part of the normally dense bone, inside the otic capsule

_____ ossification is defective in achondroplasia.

Brodie's abscess occurs when organisms of _____ virulence infect an immunocompetent host

Chondromas if they arise from _____ are called as synovial chondromatosis

When chronically _____, PTH has catabolic effects on bone, known as osteitis fibrosa cystica.