Educational Case: Giant Cell Tumor of the Bone in Both the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton

Jacqueline K Shaia; Janet S Winston; John Campbell; Jolanta Kowalewska

doi:10.1177/23742895211008657

Educational Case: Giant Cell Tumor of the Bone in Both the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton

Acad Pathol. 2021 Apr 9:8:23742895211008657. doi: 10.1177/23742895211008657. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Jacqueline K Shaia¹, Janet S Winston¹, John Campbell¹, Jolanta Kowalewska¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: bone neoplasia; categories of bone tumors; giant cell tumor of bone; musculoskeletal system; organ system pathology; pathology competencies.