Date of Presentation:3/9/2016

Attending pathologist: P.E. Wakely, Jr., M.D.

Presented by: Alexander Fitzthum, M.D.

Prepared by: Alexander Fitzthum, M.D.

Organ:Bone (Humerus)

HISTORY:

The patient is a 24 year old male with a painful right proximal humerus, worsening over the past year. Imaging showed an epiphyseal lesion.

Microscopic image possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue
Microscopic image possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue

What is the most likely diagnosis?

  1. Giant cell tumor of bone
  2. Chondroblastoma
  3. Endochondroma
  4. Giant cell malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Chondroblastoma

CASE SUMMARY