• Start date:
  • 9 October 2017
  • Duration:
  • 3 days
  • Working as:
  • Medical specialist

Accreditations

  • NVK:
  • 12
  • NOV:
  • 12
  • NVvH:
  • 12
  • NVRO:
  • 12
  • NVVP:
  • 13
  • NVVR:
  • 12

This course aims at the practical multidisciplinary approach to diagnose tumours of bones and joints, which can also be encountered outside specialized centers. The course deals with a systematic approach of groups of frequently occurring tumours and  tumour-like laesions. The focus is multidisciplinary and focuses on the interaction between pathologists, radiologists and  orthopaedic surgeons, which is crucial to come to an adequate diagnosis. Lectures are admixed with practical training in the form of computerized microscopytraining, and discussion of relevant molecular biological techniques, in a multidisciplinary setting.

Educational objectives

• To increase knowledge of the diagnostic criteria of a variety of primary bone tumours;
• To increase knowledge of the diagnostic criteria of a variety of tumour-like processes;
• To understand the genetic background and the role of molecular diagnostics in the diagnosis of bone tumours.

Target group

The course is meant for (trainee) pathologists, orthopaedic surgeons, radiologists, clinical oncologists and paediatricians.

Price

Reduced fee for residents (with a letter of verification from supervisor) € 345,00  
Course fee (including course materials, drinks and lunches) € 500,00  


Registration
There is a limited number of places available (max. 28). Participants will be registered on a first come first served basis.
On-site registration is not possible.

Options

  • Dinner at restaurant Prentenkabinet
    • Dinner on Monday 9 October 2017 € 55,00
  • Drinks (included in course fee)
    • Drinks on Tuesday 10 October 2017
  • Lunch and visit to the LUMC Anatomical Museum (included in course fee)
    • Lunch and visit to the LUMC Anatomical Museum on Wednesday 11 October 2017 
  9 October
11:30 Registration and lunch
12:30 Welcome 
  J.V.M.G. Bovee
12:40 Radiologic approach of skeletal tumours 
  C.S.P. van Rijswijk
13:10 Establishing a diagnosis: the surgical point of view (biopsy) 
  M.A.J. van de Sande
13:30 Preparation of biopsy and resected specimens (macroscopy, decalcification methods) 
  J.V.M.G. Bovee
13:55 Hereditary osteogenic tumours and bone tumour-resembling disorders 
  A.M. Cleton-Jansen
14:15 Tea break
14:35 Introduction to the radiology of bone-forming tumours 
  C.S.P. van Rijswijk
14:50 Differential diagnosis of bone-forming tumours (osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma, osteosarcoma subtypes, fibrous dysplasia) 
  A.J.H. Suurmeijer
  RADIOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY, SESSION I
15:50 Bone-forming tumours; practical session 
  C.S.P. van Rijswijk
  A.J.H. Suurmeijer
18:15 Course dinner in Leiden City Centre
 
10 October  
09:00 Registration and coffee
09:15 Introduction to the radiology of cartilage tumours 
  H.J. van der Woude
09:30 Differential diagnosis of cartilage-forming tumours, part 1 (benign: osteochondroma, chondroma, chondroblastoma, chondromyxoid fibroma, cartilaginous tumour syndromes) 
  J.V.M.G. Bovee
10:25 Coffee break
10:45 Differential diagnosis of cartilage-forming tumours, part 2 (malignant: chondrosarcoma) 
  J.V.M.G. Bovee
  RADIOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY, SESSION II
11:30 Cartilage-forming tumours; practical session 
  J.V.M.G. Bovee
  H.J. van der Woude
13:00 Lunch
13:45 Introduction to the radiology of giant cell containing tumours 
  H.J. van der Woude
14:10 Differential diagnosis of giant cell containing tumours (giant cell tumour, hyperparathyroidism, central giant cell granuloma, ABC, chondroblastoma) 
  P.C.W. Hogendoorn
14:55 Treatment of bone tumours; the surgical point of view (curettage, resection) 
  P.D.S. Dijkstra
15:25 Tea break
  RADIOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY, SESSION III
15:45 Giant cell containing tumours; practical session 
  P.C.W. Hogendoorn
  H.J. van der Woude
17:15 Drinks
  11 October
09:00 Registration and coffee
09:15 Radiology of small cell tumours, and inflammatory conditions including infection 
  J.L. Bloem
09:45 Differential diagnosis of small blue round cell sarcomas (Ewing sarcoma, so-called “Ewing-like”- round cell sarcomas) 
  P.C.W. Hogendoorn
10:10 Differential diagnosis of haematopoietic tumours primarily presenting in bone, inflammation and inflammation-like conditions (lymphoma, chronic and acute osteomyelitis, Brodie abces, eosinophilic granuloma, posttraumatic condition) 
  A.H.G. Cleven
10:45 Molecular diagnostics of bone tumours 
  J.V.M.G. Bovee
11:15 Coffee break
  RADIOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY, SESSION IV
11:30 Various tumours and tumour-like disorders: learn from the practice + Quizz 
  A.H.G. Cleven
  J.V.M.G. Bovee
  J.L. Bloem
13:15 Closure
13:20 Optional: visit to the nearby anatomical museum + lunch
LUMC
Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden

Price

Reduced fee for residents (with a letter of verification from supervisor   €  345,00

Course fee (including course materials, drinks and lunches   € 500,00