—  SPECIALTY CONFERENCE  — Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology Tuesday, March 4, 2008 , 7:30 PM Convention Center 201/203 Click the button above to add this event to your Itinerary Planner... Moderator: BRIAN P. RUBIN Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH Clinical histories are displayed below. For the fastest viewing of virtual slides, click: under each thumbnail image below. You must have Aperio ImageScope installed on your PC. If you do not already have Aperio ImageScope, Windows users with administrator privileges may download and install a free version in order to view USCAP Virtual Slides. Click the icon on the right to get your free copy:   Or, click on slide thumbnail images to view each slide in a Web-based slide viewer, which is somewhat slower. If you have any difficulties viewing these slides, email or call George Clay at +1.724.449.1137. Case 1 Submitted by: Alexander Lazar Clinical Summary: A female age 11 presents with a 5 cm mass on her right medial knee. The lesion was present for at least 7 months and originally had the appearance of a "bruise". The parents report that the patient has experienced significantly reduced appetite and weight loss over the last several months. Case 1 - Slide 1 Click to view with ImageScope Click to view with a Web-Based Viewer Case 1 - Figure 1 Case 1 - Figure 2 Case 1 - Figure 3 Case 1 - Figure 4 Case 1 - Figure 5 Case 1 - Figure 6 Case 1 - Figure 7 Case 2 Submitted by: Andrea Deyrup - Emory University, Atlanta, GA Clinical Summary: The patient is a 45 year old man who presented with a 1.8 x 1.7 cm bump on his forehead, thought clinically to be a cyst. Past medical history and clinical examination were noncontributory. The lesion was biopsied and then excised. Images are from the resection specimen. Case 2 - Slide 1 Click to view with ImageScope Click to view with a Web-Based Viewer Case 2 - Figure 1 Case 2 - Figure 2 Case 2 - Figure 3 Case 2 - Figure 4 Case 2 - Figure 5 Case 2 - Figure 6 Case 2 - Figure 7 Case 3 Submitted by: Steven Billings - Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Clinical Summary: A 26-year-old man presented with a painful nodule on the back, clinically thought to be a cyst. Case 3 - Slide 1 Click to view with ImageScope Click to view with a Web-Based Viewer Case 3 - Figure 1 Case 3 - Figure 2 Case 3 - Figure 3 Case 3 - Figure 4 Case 3 - Figure 5 Case 3 - Figure 6 Case 3 - Figure 7 Case 3 - Figure 8 Case 3 - Figure 9 Case 4 Submitted by: Thomas Mentzel - Friedrichshafen, Germany Clinical Summary: A 19-year-old female patient developed a dermal neoplasm on the right lateral foot. After diagnosis a wide reexcision with tumour free margins was performed, and the patient received postoperative radiotherapy (60 Gy). Two months later a solitary inguinal lymph metastasis was excised; eight other lymph nodes were tumour free. The patient received intraoperatively (10 Gy) and postoperatively (45 G) additional radiotherapy. There is no sign of recurrence at 13 months. Case 4 - Slide 1 Click to view with ImageScope Click to view with a Web-Based Viewer Case 4 - Figure 1 Case 4 - Figure 2 Case 4 - Figure 3 Case 4 - Figure 4 Case 4 - Figure 5 Case 4 - Figure 6 Case 4 - Figure 7 Case 4 - Figure 8 Case 4 - Figure 9 Case 4 - Figure 10 Case 4 - Figure 11 Case 5 Submitted by: Cyril Fisher - Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK Clinical Summary: A 19 year old female had a painless nodule on the right forearm for two years. Excision revealed an ill-defined yellow-white lesion 2 cm in diameter tethered to skin and deeper tissue. Case 5 - Slide 1 Click to view with ImageScope Click to view with a Web-Based Viewer Case 5 - Figure 1 Case 5 - Figure 2 Case 5 - Figure 3 Case 5 - Figure 4 Case 5 - Figure 5 Case 5 - Figure 6 Case 5 - Figure 7 Case 5 - Figure 8 If there are glass slides for a conference, they will be available for study in the microscope room in the Convention Center Room 101 for participants who wish to review them prior to the evening session. Handouts for all Specialty Conferences will be accessible via the "Educational Materials" section on the homepage the morning after each respective conference. Printed copies of the handout will not be available at the meeting. However, we will provide a booklet at the meeting which will have a page for each Specialty Conference, listing the names of speakers and space for the important "take home messages".