Bone Biopsy

Content Reviewed: 2022-09-26

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21 Videos

1 Hour 48 Minutes of Video

1.75 CME

Course Description

In this course, Dr. Mikhail Higgins provides a review of image-guided bone biopsies, which includes pearls/pitfalls of procedures, techniques, and complications in this setting.

Learning Outcomes & CME Information

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SA-CME now available! In addition to earning AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, this course is eligible for SA-CME credit. Note: the course evaluation must be completed and SA-CME selected in order to claim SA-CME credit.

After completing this course, you will be better able to:

Apply appropriate search patterns to ensure high quality case assessment
Identify key anatomical landmarks, variations, and abnormalities on imaging
Accurately interpret advanced imaging cases
Formulate definitive diagnoses and limited differentials

Instructors

Mikhail CSS Higgins, MD, MPH

Director, Radiology Medical Student Clerkships; Director, ESIR

Boston University Medical Center

Lesson

Sample Lesson

3 min.

Image Guided Bone Biopsy: Introduction

2 m.

A (Non-Exhaustive) Differential Diagnosis of Skeletal Pain

3 m.

Lesson

Bone Lesions: Differential Diagnosis

3 min.

Taxonomy of Primary Bone Tumors

3 m.

Taxonomy of Bone Metastases

2 m.

Lesson

Work Up & Imaging

9 min.

Bone Tumors: Clinical Presentations

5 m.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria

4 m.

Staging of Primary Bone Cancers

2 m.

Lesson

Anatomy & Route

14 min.

General Types of Bone

4 m.

Long Bones: Anatomic Considerations for Biopsy

6 m.

Spinal Biopsies: Diving Deeper on the Approach

6 m.

Lesson

Procedural Steps

25 min.

Bone Biopsy Indications and Contraindications

5 m.

Selection of Imaging Modality

4 m.

Bone Biopsies: Periprocedural and Procedural Steps

16 m.

Bone Biopsy Success and Complication Rates

4 m.

Lesson

Case Review

50 min.

Clavicular Biopsy

11 m.

Vertebral Biopsy

13 m.

Complex Fistulization in the Setting of Recurrent Cancer

7 m.

Persistent Large Heterogeneous Bony Exostosis

6 m.

Paravertebral Collections

9 m.

Metastatic Adenocarcinoma

6 m.

Image Guided Bone Biopsy: Conclusion

2 m.

Bone Biopsy

Course Description

Instructors

Lesson

Sample Lesson

Lesson

Bone Lesions: Differential Diagnosis

Lesson

Work Up & Imaging

Lesson

Anatomy & Route

Lesson

Procedural Steps

Lesson

Case Review

Course Evaluation

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