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07/25/2013
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1.       If you see a linear calcification anterior to L1-L4 vertebral body on a lateral x-ray, the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
AAA
Term
2.       If a patient presents with a champagne glass pelvic inlet and flared femoral metaphyses, the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
ACHONDROPLASIA
Term
3.       If a patient presents with a large pituitary fossa, prominent EOP, and arrowhead appearance of the terminal phalanges, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
ACROMEGALY
Term
4.       If a patient presents with a soap-bubble osteolytic lesions and ballooning of the cortex, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST
Term
5.       If a patient presents with a shiny corner vertebral sign, Romanus lesions, dagger sign or bamboo spine, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
Term
6.       If a patient presents with a hallux valgus deformity at the 1st MTP with soft tissue swelling, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
BUNION
Term
7.       If a patient presents with a totally disorganized joint with destruction and debris, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CHARCOT’S JOINT
Term
8.       If a patient presents with multiple calcified stones in the right upper quadrant, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CHOLELITHIASIS
Term
9.       If a patient presents with linear calcification in the articular cartilage of the knee, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CPPD (PSEUDOGOUT)
Term
10.   If a patient presents with a well-circumscribed lucent lesion near the epiphysis, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CHONDROMA
Term
11.   If a patient presents with an oval subarticular (metaphysic) lesion < 5cm then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CHONDROBLASTOMA
Term
12.   If a patient presents with a round or elongated lesion eccentrically located, and the cortex appears to be thin, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CHONDROMYXOID FIBROMA
Term
13.   If a patient presents with an intramedullary lytic lesion with speckled calcification, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CHONDROSARCOMA
Term
14.   If a patient presents with absent clavicles, numerous liotib bones and a pear-shaped skull, then the doctor should be thinking of_____.
 Definition
CLEIDOCRANIAL DYSPLASIA
Term
15.   If a patient presents with small femoral epiphyses, and lateral femoral displacement, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CONGENITAL HIP DYSPLASIA
Term
16.   If a patient presents with generalized osteoporosis and multiple compression fractures, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CUSHING’S SYNDROME
Term
17.   If a child presents with an increased ADI > 5mm, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
DOWN’S SYNDROME
Term
18.   If a patient presents with widening of long bone shafts, and onion-skin appearance of bone, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
EWING’S SARCOMA
Term
19.   If a patient presents with circumscribed lytic lesions with ground glass appearance, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
FIBROUS DYSPLASIA
Term
20.   If a patient presents with lytic lesions in metaphysis extending into the diaphysis, then the doctor should be thinking of_____.
 Definition
FIBROSARCOMA
Term
21.   If a patient present with an eccentric subarticular lesion that crosses the metaphysic line, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
GIANT CELL TUMOR
Term
22.   If a patient presents with soft tissue swelling, periarticular bone erosion and rat bite signs, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
GOUT
Term
23.   If a patient presents with periarticular calcification (hydroxyl apatite) around the shoulder joint, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
HADD
Term
24.   If a patient presents with beak-like spurs on the radial sides of the metacarpal heads, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
HEMACHROMATOSIS
Term
25.   If a patient presents with osteolytic lesions with corduroy cloth appearance, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
HEMANGIOMA
Term
26.   If a patient presents with articular irregularity, and a prominent intercondylar groove in the femur, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
HEMOPHILIA
Term
27.   If a patient presents with a salt and pepper appearance of the skull, acro-osteolysis, bone cysts, and rugger jersey spine, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Term
28.   If a patient presents with multiple blocked vertebra, occipitalization of C1 and platybasia, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME
Term
29.   If a patient presents with thick transverse radiodense lines in the vertebral bodies, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
LEAD POISONING
Term
30.   If a patient presents with a small femoral epiphyses with a mushroom deformity, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
LEGG CALVE PERTHES DISEASE
Term
31.   If a patient presents with an ivory vertebra or punched out lytic lesions, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
LYMPHOMA IN BONE
Term
32.   If a patient presents with punched out lesions or diffuse osteoporosis, and a raindrop skull appearance, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Term
33.   If a patient presents with soft tissue calcification in a muscle, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS
Term
34.   If a patient presents with a solitary radiolucent defect, and inside the defect looks like a bunch of grapes, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
NON-OSSIFYING FIBROMA
Term
35.   If a child presents with a subluxation of the proximal radio-ulnar joint, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
NURSEMAID’S ELBOW
Term
36.   If a patient presents with a traction apophysitis of the tibial tuberosity, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSGOOD-SCHLATTER’S DISEASE
Term
37.   If a patient presents with triangular sclerosis of the ilium near the SI joint, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEITIS CONDENSANS ILII
Term
38.   If a patient presents with joint space narrowing, eburnation, and osteophytes, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OA
Term
39.   If a patient presents with multiple rounded radiopacities in bone, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOPOIKILOSIS
Term
40.   If a patient presents with an eccentric lytic lesion in the metaphysis or diaphysis, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOBLASTOMA
Term
41.   If a patient presents with a cauliflower or coat-hanger bone outgrowth, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOCHONDROMA
Term
42.   If a patient presents with metaphyseal fractures in different healing stages, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOGENIC IMPERFECTA
Term
43.   If a patient presents with lucent lesions < 2cm with a rim of dense bone, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOID OSTEOMA
Term
44.   If a patient presents with dense sclerotic well-circumscribed lesions, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOMA
Term
45.   If a patient presents with Looser’s zones (pseudofractures) in long bones, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOMALACIA
Term
46.   If a patient presents with periosteal elevation, brodie’s abscess and involcrum’s then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOMYELITIS
Term
47.   If a patient presents with generalized demineralization, thin cortices and few trabeculae, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOPOROSIS
Term
48.   If a patient presents with blastic lesions, Codman’s triangle and sunburst look in long bones, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOSARCOMA
Term
49.   If a patient presents with cotton wool lesions, mixed blastic and lytic lesions, and a pelvic brim sign, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
PAGET’S
Term
50.   If a patient presents with ossification of the MCL in the knee, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
PELLIGRINI STIEDA DISEASE
Term
51.   If a patient presents with linear calcification in the knee, shoulder or wrist joints, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
PSEUDOGOUT (CPDD)
Term
52.   If a patient presents with pencil in cup deformities of the DIP joints and acro-osteolysis, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS
Term
53.   If a patient presents with intra-articular erosions, and ulnar deviation of MCP joints, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
RA
Term
54.   If a patient presents with metaphyseal cupping and pain brush appearance of bone epiphyses, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
RICKETS
Term
55.   If a patient presents with schmorl’s nodes and limbus bones in 3 or more vertebra, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
SCHEUERMANN’S DISEASE
Term
56.   If a patient presents with ice crème sliding off the cone sign, and has a disrupted Kleins’ line, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSES
Term
57.   If a patient presents with calcinosis cutis and acro-osteolysis, then the patient should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
SCLERODERMA
Term
58.   If a patient presents with Frankl’s line, Pelken’s spur and WImberger’s ring, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
SCURVY
Term
59.   If a patient presents with hair-on-end appearance of the skull, and undertubulation of long bones, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
SICKLE CELL DISEASE
Term
60.   If a patient presents with anterior slippage of one vertebra on the other, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
Term
61.   If a patient presents with a small elevated scapula, and possibly an omovertebral bone (30%) then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
SPRENGEL’S DEFORMITY
Term
62.   If a patient presents with soft tissue swelling and periarticular osteoporosis, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
SLE
Term
63.   If a patient presents with apical cavitation and bilateral hilar lumphadenopathy, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
TUBERCULOSIS
Term
64.   If a patient presents with a solitary bone cyst with a soap bubble appearance, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
UNICAMERAL BONE CYST
Term
65.   If a patient presents with a solitary circumscribed lesion, and ground glass appearance, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
FIBROUS DYSPLASIA
Term
66.   If a patient presents with a solitary eccentric lesion in the metaphysis or diaphysis then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
OSTEOBLASTOMA
Term
67.   If a patient presents with a solitary lesion crossing the metaphysic plate, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
GIANT CELL TUMOR
Term
68.   If a patient presents with lytic bone lesions from the colon, lung and breast, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
METS
Term
69.   If a patient presents with a solitary lesion with soap bubble appearance, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST
Term
70.   If a patient presents with a solitary oval subarticular (metaphysic) lytic lesion < 5cm, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
CHONDROBLASTOMA
Term
71.   If a patient presents with a solitary corduroy cloth appearance in a vertebral body, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
HEMANGIOMA
Term
72.   If a patient presents with a solitary brodie’s abscess, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
INFECTION
Term
73.   If a patient presents with a solitary eccentric defect with a thin rim of sclerosis > 3cm, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
NON-OSSIFYING FIBROMA
Term
74.   If a patient presents with a geographic lesion in the medullary region, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA
Term
75.   If a patient presents with a solitary single soap bubble unicameral cyst, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
SIMPLE BONE CYST
Term
76.   If a patient presents with multiple lesions with ground glass appearance, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
FIBROUS DYSPLASIA
Term
77.   If a patient presents with multiple Brodie’s abscesses, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
INFECTION
Term
78.   If a patient presents with multiple punched out lesions in long bones, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
LYMPHOMA
Term
79.   If a patient presents with multiple lytic lesions that are also present in the colon, lung, or breast, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
METS
Term
80.   If a patient presents with multiple cysts in the hands, long bones, and skull, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Term
81.   If a patient presents with multiple lesions in the medullary regions of long bones, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
ENCHONROMATOSIS
Term
82.   If a patient presents with multiple punched out lesions in the skull, long bones, and spine, then the doctor should be thinking of _____.
 Definition
MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Term
83.   _____ is AVN of the medial upper end of the tibia.
 Definition
BLOUNT
Term
84.   _____ is AVN of the head of the femur in an adult.
 Definition
CHANDLER
Term
85.   _____ is AVN of the 2nd metatarsal.
 Definition
FREIBERG
Term
86.   _____ is AVN of the lunate.
 Definition
KEINBOCK
Term
87.   _____ is AVN of the navicular.
 Definition
KOHLER
Term
88.   _____ is AVN of the head of the femur in a child.
 Definition
LEGG-CALVE-PERTHES DISEASE
Term
89.   _____ is AVN of the medial femoral condyle.
 Definition
OSTEOCHONDRITIS DESSICANS
Term
90.   _____ is AVN of the scaphoid.
 Definition
PREISER
Term
91.   _____ is AVN of the calcaneus.
 Definition
SEVER
Term
92.   causes of AVN.
 Definition
1) SICKLE CELL DISEASE, 2) TRAUMA, 3) ALCOHOLISM, 4) RADIATION, 5) STERIOIDS
Term
93.   What is a salter harris type I fracture?
 Definition
SLIDING INJURY THROUGH THE GROWTH PLATE
Term
94.   What is a salter harris type II fracture?
 Definition
FRACTURE OF THE EDGE OF METAPHYSIC AND GROWTH PLATE
Term
95.   What is a salter harris type III fracture?
 Definition
FRACTURE THROUGH EPIPHYSIS AND GROWTH PLATE
Term
96.   What is a salter harris type IV fracture?
 Definition
FRACTURE THROUGH METAPHYSIC AND EPIPHYSIS
Term
97.   What is a salter harris type V fracture?
 Definition
COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF THE GROWTH PLATE
Term
98.   causes of acro-osteolysis.
 Definition
1) PSORIASIS, 2) INJURY (THERMAL BURNS OR FROST-BITE), 3) NEUROPATHY, 4) CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS, 5) HYPERPARATHYROIDISM (PINCH)
Term
99.   causes of moth-eaten destruction.
 Definition
1) METS AND MULTIPLE MYELOMA, 2) EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMAS, 3) LYMPHOMA, 4) OSTEOMYELITIS, 5) NEUROBLASTOMA (MELON)
Term
100.                        _____ will cause anterior scalloping of lumbar vertebrae.
 Definition
AAA
Term
101.                        _____ will cause a bamboo spine.
 Definition
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
Term
102.                        _____ will cause blocked vertebrae.
 Definition
KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME
Term
103.                        _____ will cause codfish vertebrae.
 Definition
SICKLE CELL DISEASE
Term
104.                        _____ will cause corduroy cloth appearance of vertebrae.
 Definition
HEMANGIOMA
Term
105.                        These things with cause diffuse osteopenia in the spine.
 Definition
1) CUSHING’S, 2) MULTIPLE MYELOMA, 3) OSTEOPOROSIS
Term
106.                        These things with cause increased ADI.
 Definition
1) DOWN’S, 2) RA
Term
107.                        _____ will cause an island of bone in vertebra.
 Definition
ENOSTOMA
Term
108.                        These things will cause ivory vertebra.
 Definition
1) HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA, 2) PAGET’S, 3) METS
Term
109.                        _____ will cause marble bone appearance of the spine.
 Definition
OSTEOPETROSIS
Term
110.                        These things will cause an absent pedicle sign.
 Definition
1) MULTIPLE MYELOMA, 2) LYTIC METS
Term
111.                        _____ will be associated with an omovertebral bone.
 Definition
KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME
Term
112.                        _____ will cause a picture frame vertebra.
 Definition
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Term
113.                        _____ will cause Rugger Jersey spine.
 Definition
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Term
114.                        _____ will cause multiple Schmorl’s nodes in the spine at a young age.
 Definition
SCHEUERMANN’S DISEASE
Term
115.                        _____ will cause squared vertebra.
 Definition
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
Term
116.                        These things will cause syndesmophytes in the spine.
 Definition
1) AS, 2) DISH, 3) PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS
Term
117.                        This type of fracture is when part of the bone is pulled away by a muscle or ligament.
 Definition
AVULSION FRACTURE
Term
118.                        This type of fracture occurs when there is 2 or more bony fragments.
 Definition
COMMINUTED (BURST FRACTURE)
Term
119.                        This type of fracture occurs when a bone fragment is forced into the other fragment due to compressive force.
 Definition
IMPACTED
Term
120.                        This type of fracture is when clinical signs are present but there is no radiographic evidence as of yet.
 Definition
OCCULT
Term
121.                        This type of fracture is caused by a disease process.
 Definition
PATHOLOGICAL
Term
122.                        This type of fracture is caused by repetitive microtrauma.
 Definition
STRESS FRACTURE
Term
123.                        _____ is the most common primary malignancy in the old.
 Definition
MULTIPLE MYELOMA (1)
Term
124.                        _____ is the most common primary malignancy in the young.
 Definition
OSTEOCARCOMA (2)
Term
125.                        _____ is the 2nd most common primary malignancy in the old.
 Definition
CHONDROSARCOMA (3)
Term
126.                        _____ is the 2nd most common primary malignancy in the young.
 Definition
EWING’S SARCOMA (4)
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