BONE CELLS
• Boneis composed of cells and a predominantly collagenous
extracellular matrix (type I collagen) called osteoid.
• Osteoid becomes mineralised by the deposition of calcium
hydroxyapatite, giving the bone considerable rigidity and strength.
• The cells of bone are:
1) Osteoblasts
2) Osteocytes
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CELLS OF BONE
Osteoblastsand osteocytes are derived from a primitive
mesenchymal (stem) cell called the osteoprogenitor cell.
1) Osteoblasts :-
• Synthesize osteoid and mediate its mineralization
• Found lined up along bone surfaces (periosteal surface)
• Active osteoblasts are large, broad, cuboidal cells with
abundant basophilic cytoplasm containing much rough
endoplasmic reticulum and a large Golgi apparatus.
• Inactive osteoblasts are narrow, attenuated, spindle
shaped cells.
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CELLS OF BONE
2)Osteocytes :-
• Represent largely inactive osteoblasts incorporated into
the matrix of formed bone.
• Lie within the lacunae circumferentially around the
Haversian canal.
• Assist in the nutrition of bone.
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• When nonew bone is being formed on the bone surface, these cells are insignificant flattened
cells with spindle-shaped nuclei but, when there is active new bone formation at the periosteal
surface, these cells proliferate and increase in size to become osteoblasts.
3) Osteoclasts:-
• Multinucleatedphagocytic
cells derived from macrophage-
monocyte cell line.
• Located in depressions resorbed
from the bone surface called
Howship lacunae.
• Function: Resorption of bone in
bone remodelling in response to
growth or due to changing
mechanical stresses upon the
skeleton.
SUPPORTING STRUCTURES
Periosteum:
• Denseirregular connective tissue covering exterior of the
bone.
• Covers full extent of bone except articular cartilages.
• Forms outer limiting layer.
• Attachment site of tendons.
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SUPPORTING STRUCTURES
• Twolayers:
• Hard and thick collagenous outer layer
• Inner, proliferative (Cambium layer) that lies
adjacent to cortical bone and support growth and
repair.
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SUPPORTING STRUCTURES
Endosteum:
• Singlelayer of bone cells covering interior of bone.
• Separates medullary cavity from surrounding compact
bone.
• Lines the Haversian canals in compact bone.
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TYPES OF BONE
WovenBone (Primary Bone):
• Immature bone found during fetal development or fracture
repair.
• Characterized by randomly arranged collagen fibers.
• More cellular, with numerous osteocytes.
• Lower mineral content, mechanically weaker.
• Eventually replaced by lamellar bone.
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TYPES OF BONE
LamellarBone (Secondary Bone):
• Mature bone, seen in adults.
• Composed of organized layers (lamellae) of collagen
fibers.
• Stronger due to parallel alignment of fibers.
• Forms both compact and spongy (trabecular/cancellous)
bone.
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CORTICAL- COMPACT BONE
–Outer,dense, compact, 60% of skeleton.
• Provides structural stability.
• Has a very dense structure based on an arrangement of
cylindrical structures called osteons.
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STRUCTURAL UNIT
• Thearea in one concentric unit of
lamellae in compact bone is called
an osteon or a Haversian unit
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STRUCTURAL UNIT
Osteon (HaversianSystem):
• Central Haversian canal contains blood vessels and nerves.
• Surrounded by concentric lamellae of bone matrix.
• Lacunae between lamellae house osteocytes.
• Canaliculi connect osteocytes for communication.
• Volkmann’s canals run perpendicular, connecting Haversian
canals.
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OSTEON
• Central spaceis called Haversion canal
• Contains blood vessels
• Around which are the concentric
lamellae
Interference contrast
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VOLKMAN’S CANALS
• Haversioncanals are
connected by means of
vascular canals which course
perpedicular to the long axis
of the bone
• Means by which outer cortical
and inner cortical circulation
anastomose
CANCELLOUS BONE
• Spongiosa,medulla, spongy region
• Makes up 20-25% of the skeleton. 75% marrow and fat and 25 %
bone
• Bony lamellae are arranged in parallel plates
• No concentric arrangement about a central vascular canal.
Delicate arrangement consisting of thin partitions (trabeculae)
connecting bony plates between which is found the bone marrow
DIFFERENCE
Cortical Bone Cancellous(Trabecular) Bone
Compact Spongy/ cancellous
Shafts of long bone, anterior
surface of flat bones.
Ends of long bone, marrow cavity,
centre of flat bones, vertebrae.
Hard, solid, very strong Spongy & strong
Collagen – circumferential
lamellae around the haversian
canal.
Collagen – lamellae are parallel to
the surface.
Also known as Haversian bone Also known as Non haversian bone
INTRODUCTION
• Primary tumorsof bone are relatively uncommon.
• Bone sarcomas accounts 0.2% of all neoplasms.
• Incidence rates of specific bone sarcomas are age related.
• Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant primary bone
tumors.
OSTEOMA
• Benign tumorarising on the surface of the bone composed
of compact bone
• When develops in the medullary cavity – ‘bone island’
Previously Enostosis
• M=F
• Age= 4th
through 6th
decade
OSTEOMA
• Sites:
• Calvarial,facial and jaw bones i.e typically in bone formed
by membranous ossification.
• Intramedullary lesions; in the epiphysis and metaphyses of
long bones, pelvic and vertebral bones.
• Clinical Features:
• Slow-growing and asymptomatic.
• Pain and headache when obstruction of paranasal sinuses.
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OSTEOMA
Radiology:
• Round, dense,well-defined ivory-
like lesions, which are attached to
the underlying bone without
cortical invasion
• Bone islands are intramedullary
lesions typically measuring < 1 cm,
although larger lesions can occur.
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OSTEOMA
• Macrossopy:
• Wellcircumscribed tumors with
broad attachment to underlying
bone
• Bone islands – intramedullary
foci of compact bone
• < 2 cm
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OSTEOMA
• Histopathology
• Composedof lamellar/cortical-type bone and broad
trabeculae of mature bone within paucicellular fibrous stroma
• Subtypes (Compact, Spongious & Mixed)
• Cancellous areas – bone lined by active and inactive
osteoblasts within a well vascularized and moderately cellular
fibrous stroma
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A well-demarcated tumour
composedof trabecular bone.
Osteoma of the frontal sinus.
The tumour is composed of
lamellar/cortical-type bone
adjacent to sinus epithelium
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
• Osteoblastoma
•Lamellar bone with prominent osteoblastic rimming
• Osteoma may have focal areas of reactive bone with
similar features
• Parosteal osteosarcoma
• Tumor osteoid is arranged in parallel arrays and
separated by a hypocellular fibroblastic stroma
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OSTEOID OSTEOMA
• Benignbone forming tumor characterized by
• small size (< 2 cm),
• limited growth potential and
• disproportionate pain
• M>F
• Age: teens and 20s.
• Site: appedicular skeleton with 50% in cortex of femur and
tibia
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OSTEOID OSTEOMA
• Theusual presenting symptom is
pain.
• Pain at first is intermittent with mild
nocturnal exacerbation but later
becomes unbearable.
• NSAID, even in small doses,
completely albeit temporarily
relieves the pain.
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OSTEOID OSTEOMA
Imaging:
• CTis the imaging modality of
choice to detect the nidus, an
ovoid lucency, < 2 cm, which
can have central areas of
mineralization. CT scan of the elbow
shows lucent lesion
centered in the lateral
epicondyle of the distal
humerus with minimal
surrounding reactive
bone
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OSTEOID OSTEOMA
• Small,round, cortically based red, gritty or granular lesion.
• Lesion is surrounded by ivory white sclerotic bone
• Size: usually <2cm
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OSTEOID OSTEOMA (MICROSCOPY)
•Central portion of the lesion (nidus)
contains differentiated plump osteoblasts
present as a single layer around
trabeculae of unmineralized or
mineralized woven bone .
• Vascular
ized connective tissue, within
which there are fibroblast-like stromal
cells and cells differentiating into
osteoblasts, sepa
rates the trabeculae.
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OSTEOID OSTEOMA (MICROSCOPY)
•The osteoid may be
microscopically disposed in
a sheet-like configuration,
but it is often organized into
microtrabecular arrays.
OSTEOID OSTEOMA
Differential Diagnosis
•Osteomyelitis and bone abscess
• Lack a central nidus
• Prominent acute inflammatory cell infiltrate
• Osteoblastoma
• Tumor size is much greater
• Evidence of progressive growth
• Lacks peripheral rim of fibrovascular tissue
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OSTEOID OSTEOMA
• Osteosarcoma
•Lacks fibrovascular stroma and osteoblastic rimming of
osteoid osteoma
• May exhibit chondroid or fibrous differentiation
• Stress fracture
• Zonal pattern with central more mature denser bone and
peripheral woven bone
• Cartilage with endochondral ossification may be present
OSTEOBLASTOMA
• Intermediate, locallyaggressive bone forming tumors
morphologically similar to osteoid osteoma but with
• Growth potential
• Size>2cm in dimension
• < 1% of all primary bone tumors
• Age: 2nd
and 3rd
decade.
• M:F= 2:1
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OSTEOBLASTOMA
Sites:
• Posterior spine(laminae and pedicles) >>> > proximal
and distal femur, proximal tibia, jaws
• Majority: Intraosseous (medullary), occasionally on
surface
OSTEOBLASTOMA
Imaging:
• Dense shellof bone surrounding
the lesion. +/- central nidus
• Bony shell tends to be very thin,
with expansion into adjacent soft
issues
• Cortical expansion and
destruction are common
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OSTEOBLASTOMA
Macroscopy:
• Round tooval with a thinned expanded cortex
• Border between tumor and medullary cavity is sharp.
• On C/S; Red or red-brown with gritty or sandpaper
consistency
• Cystic lesion – blood filled spaces simulating ABCs
OSTEOBLASTOMA
• Identical toosteoid osteoma
• Tumor is composed of woven bone spicules or trabeculae
that are haphazardly arranged and lined by a single layer
osteoblasts
• Intertrabecular spaces and vascular and show connetive
tissue instead of bone marrow.
• Scattered osteoclast like giant cells
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OSTEOBLASTOMA
• There maybe osteoid deposition of cartilagenous
differentiation.
• The borders are usually well defined, often showing
peripheral bone maturation in cords, clusters of
osteoblasts towards lamellar bone.
• No destructive host bone permeation.
• No atypical mitoses.
Bony lesion surroundedby a sclerotic
rim.
Interanastomosing trabeculae of woven bone, set
within loose edematous fibrovascular stroma, with
extravasated erythrocytes
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Epithelioid variant:
-Large, plump osteoblasts with
a large nucleus and prominent
nucleoli, accompanied by
mitoses
• Pseudomalignant variant:
- Osteoblasts with
degenerative nuclear atypia
- Abscence of mitoses
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OSTEOBLASTOMA
Differential Diagnosis
• Osteoidosteoma
• <2cm
• Severe nocturnal pain
• No evidence of progressive growth
• Giant cell tumor
• Sheets of giant cells
• Contain mononuclear stromal cell
OSTEOBLASTOMA
• Osteoblastoma-like osteosarcoma
•Sheets or aggregates of atypical osteoblasts in contrast to
single rim of osteoblasts
• Sarcomatoid stroma with cytological atypia and atypical
mitosis
• Permeation of host bone
• Lack of maturation
Osteoid osteoma Osteoblastoma
Size<2 cm >2 cm
Age Teens and 20s Adults
Site Appendicular skeleton Spine
Clinically Painful lesions, nocturnal,
dramatically revlieved by aspirin
Painless or if painful-dull and achy
and not responsive to salicylates
Tumor Actual tumor called NIDUS Absence of reactive bone
formation
Surrounded by broad zone of
sclerosis (reactive bone
formation) on X-ray
Variants: pseudomalignant
osteoblastoma and epithelioid
osteoblastoma
Treatment NSAIDs
Radiofrequency ablation
Curratege or Enbloc excision
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REFERENCES
WHO Classification ofTumours of Soft Tissue and Bone, 5th
edition
Wheater’s Functional Histology, 6th
EDITION
Rosai & Ackerman’s SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, 11TH
EDITION
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease 10th
edition
Editor's Notes
#3 Many bones in infants are separate pieces (like the bones of the skull, hip, and spine).
As the child grows, these bones gradually fuse into single bones.
Fusion reduces the total bone count to 206 in adulthood.
#8 Epiphysis: rounded end of the bone located at the proximal and distal part, covered by hyaline cartilage., avascular
Diaphysis: shaft or central part of long bone. Contained medullary cavity filled with marrow and externally surrounded by periosteum
Metaphysis: flared region between epiphysis and diaphysis. Bone growth, presence of epiphyseal growth plate
#9 Osteoid is the organic, unmineralized portion of the bone matrix that is secreted by osteoblasts during bone formation. It plays a crucial role in bone strength, flexibility, and mineralization.
Pale eosinophilic (pink) unmineralized layer adjacent to osteoblasts
Lies on the surface of trabecular (spongy) bone or beneath active osteoblasts
Von Kossa stain: Differentiates mineralized bone (black) from osteoid (unstained)
#10 When active, These features reflect a high rate of protein (type I collagen) and proteoglycan synthesis
#13 FIG. 10.12╇ Periosteum
(a) Inactive, H&E (MP) (b) Active, H&E (HP) The outer surface of most bone is covered by a layer of condensed fibrous tissue, the periosteum P, which contains cells
capable of converting into osteoprogenitor cells and osteoblasts. Micrograph (a) shows inactive periosteum with barely detectable inactive osteoprogenitor cells Op and mature formed bone containing established osteocytes Oc.
Micrograph (b) shows active periosteum with new bone being formed by active periosteal osteoblasts Ob, some of which are being incorporated into newly formed bone to become osteocytes Oc.
#15 These are important, along with osteoblasts, in the constant turnover and refashioning of bone. The aspect of the osteoclast in apposition to bone is characterised by fine microvilli which form a ruffled border that is readily visible with the electron microscope. The ruffled border secretes several organic acids which dissolve the mineral component, while lysosomal proteolytic enzymes are employed to destroy
the organic osteoid matrix.
Osteoclastic resorption contributes to bone remodelling in
response to growth or due to changing mechanical stresses
upon the skeleton. Osteoclasts also participate in the long-term
maintenance of blood calcium homeostasis by their response to
parathyroid hormone and calcitonin (see Ch. 17). Parathyroid
hormone stimulates osteoclastic resorption and so increases the
release of calcium ions from bone, whereas calcitonin inhibits
osteoclastic activity.
Micrographs (a) and (b) are taken from bone showing
excessive osteoclastic activity due to the effects of Paget disease
of bone, a disorder characterised by continuous disorganised
bone resorption and associated new bone formation (see
textbox). Micrograph (b) shows uncoordinated new osteoid
formation by a row of cuboidal osteoblasts Ob.
#16 Large multinucleated cells residing in the howships lacunae
#18 Outer layer: type 1 collagen synthesized by fibroblast, consist of nerves and blood vessels, nourishment to outer surface of bone.
Inner layer: osteoprogenitor cells: bone growth and repair.
#20 Osteiod: organic unmineralised portion of bone matrix secreted by osteoblast during bone formation.
#22 Lamellae: thin layers or plate of bone matrix seen in both.
#24 Epiphysis: no medullary cavity
Diaphysis with show medullary cavity
#25 Topographically there are two types of bone that is cortical compact bone and cancellous bone
Appendicular skeleton, shafts of long bones
#26 This image shows the microscopic architecture of compact bone: A single osteon with concentric lamellae A Haversian canal in the center
Numerous lacunae with osteocytes Canaliculi connecting the cells
This is most likely a ground bone section viewed without decalcification and without typical histological staining like H&E.
#29 osteocytes are connected via gap junction and nutrition exchange happens between these cells and extracellular fluid in the lacuna and canaliculi
#30 Best seen in H&E or Goldner’s trichrome
Interference contrast microscopy, also known as differential interference contrast (DIC) or Nomarski microscopy, is a technique used to enhance contrast in transparent, unstained samples
#31 VC – saw tooth configuration- connects 3 HC
VC not surrounded by lamellae
#32 Circumferential lamellae are sheets of bone matrix that run parallel to the bone surface and are found around the perimeter of compact bone, unlike the circular lamellae in osteons.
Concentric lamellae are the circular layers of mineralized bone matrix that surround the Haversian canal within an osteon (Haversian system) in compact bone. These lamellae are critical to the strength and resilience of bone.
#43 Pain: Intermittent aching(B); worsening nonmechanical pain(M)
Swelling: (B); When cortex is breached and tumor grows beneath periosteum(M)
Pathological fracture: Prev. asymptomatic with fracture through a simple bone cyst(B); Fracture is often caused by minimal force(M)
#46 Gardner syn: APC, osteomas/enostosis, impacted supernumerary teeth, odontomas, desmoid type fibromatosis and epidermoid cysts.
Enostosis, also known as a bone island, is a benign focus of compact (cortical-type) bone located within the medullary cavity of a bone. It is usually discovered incidentally on imaging and is asymptomatic.
Thought to represent a hamartomatous lesion (a focal overgrowth of normal bone elements).
Synonyms: Bone island, intramedullary osteoma (older term)
#48 Calvarium: upper part of skull doesnot include facial bone.
#52 Picture: White arrow cortical bone, Black arrow cancellous bone
Osteoblasts and osteocytes are typically inconspicuous, except in frontoethmoidal region where their activity might be more prominent.
#60 Nidus: growing tumor cells, blood vessels and bone forming cells.
Sclerotic margin and relieved by nsaid
#61 Picture: Sheet like bone matrix entrapping bone forming cells. Color pink to purple depending on state of mineralization.
#62 FIGURE 25-40 Osteoid osteoma. A, The nidus is formed by an interlacing network of woven bone surrounded by host lamellar bone. B, Anastomosing trabeculae of bone within the nidus rimmed by osteoblasts and embedded in a hypocellular fibrovascular connective tissue stroma.
#65 FOS gene is a proto-oncogene involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival.
Full name: FBJ murine osteosarcoma viral oncogene homolog
Regulates:
Osteoblast activity
Matrix production
Bone remodeling
#77 Giant Cell Tumor of Bone (GCTB) is a benign but locally aggressive tumor composed of numerous osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells uniformly distributed among mononuclear stromal cells, which are the true neoplastic component.
Uniform distribution of osteoclast-like giant cells. Mononuclear stromal cells with indistinguishable nuclei from giant cells. No atypia or pleomorphism in typical cases. Mitotic figures may be present, but atypical mitoses are absent. No osteoid production (helps differentiate from osteosarcoma)
RANKLPositive (produced by stromal cells)H3F3A (G34W)Positive in most cases (mutation-specific antibody)CD68Positive in giant cells (macrophage lineage marker)VimentinPositive in stromal cells
#78 Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a benign, expansile, osteolytic bone lesion composed of blood-filled cystic spaces separated by septa containing giant cells, fibroblasts, and reactive bone. Despite its name, it's not a true cyst because it lacks an epithelial lining. Primary ABC: True neoplasm Associated with USP6 gene rearrangement (e.g., CDH11–USP6 fusion)
Secondary ABC:
Arises within pre-existing bone lesions:
Giant cell tumor
Chondroblastoma
Osteoblastoma
Fibrous dysplasia
#79 A rare histological variant of conventional osteosarcoma, resembling a benign osteoblastoma but with malignant features, infiltrative growth, and high recurrence/metastatic potential. May show plump osteoblasts like osteoblastoma BUT also shows:
Hyperchromatic nuclei
Mitotic figures, including atypical
Permeation of surrounding bone
No peripheral maturation (unlike benign lesions)
Atypical mitosis shows irregular, multipolar, or bizarre mitotic spindles, suggesting genetic instability and malignancy.