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BASICS OF RADIOLOGY DEFINITIONS Flashcards

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basis for contrast

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Differential attenuation

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any decrease in bone density, generally result of either qualitative or quantitative deficiencies of bone (osteopenia ≠
osteoporosis: osteopenia is the finding from the radiograph while osteoporosis is a condition/disease)

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Osteopenia

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qualitative loss of bone mass, radiographs cannot detect small changes

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Osteoporosis

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vitamin D deficiency

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Osteomalacia

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5
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absorbed bone (seen in renal failure)

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Hyperparathyroidism

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6
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no endocrine deficit but neoplasm leading to systemic osteopenic changes

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Neoplastic disease

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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)

Disuse osteoporosis (ex. wearing cast for extended period of time)

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Regional

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highly localized (ex. osteomyelitis)

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Focal

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occurs systemically

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Band-like (ex. acute lymphoblastic leukemia)

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any true increase (esp. within medullary canal) in bone density without alteration in configuration

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*Osteosclerosis

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applied to processes which increase bone width & density

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*Hyperosteosis

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12
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brightening of the bone not caused by pathology

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Pseudosclerosis

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Endocrine

Neoplastic- metastases of bone (prostate, breast, etc.)

Drugs- Vitamin D, fluoride

Congenital sclerosing bone dysplasias- usually assoc. with skeletal malformations

Myeloproliferative disorders

Infection, infarction, arthropathy
- ex. “the bends”

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Generalized sclerosis

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diminishing trabecular pattern

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Calcaneal sclerosis

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banding of sclerosis along normal trabecular patterns which have become thickened (but bone isn’t usually strengthened - avulsion fracture
typical)

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Paget’s disease

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16
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trabecular variations appear on radiograph

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Texture

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17
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osteolytic processes

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Destruction

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18
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solitary cortical lysis, large >1cm

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*Geographic

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19
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multiple smaller 2-5mm, can be seen from a distance

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*Motheaten

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20
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numerous, very small holes <1mm

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*Permeative

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21
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tumor extends into marrow space between trabeculae in advance of osteolytic edge

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Local infiltrative process

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giant cell tumor (GCT), chondromyxoid fibroma (CMF), active enchondroma, osteosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, and chondrosarcoma

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Typical 1C lesions

23
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bone short and wide (short and stubby), bones take on conical shape

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*Undertubulation

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long and over-constricted

(ex. Marfan’s syndrome - long slender bones

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*Overtubulation

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epiphysis, metaphysis, or diaphysis

Common causes: thalassemia, sickle-cell disease, Gaucher’s, Neimann-Pick disease, epiphyseal-metaphyseal
fracture/injury, Rickett’s (including renal osteodystrophy, biliary rickets, dilantin tx)

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Splaying (flaring)

26
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ends of bone flare out, concavity to convexity

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*Erlenmeyer flask deformity

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Soft tissue swelling and bony proliferative (periosteal) changes

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Clubbing of distal phalanges

28
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over-proliferating distal phalangeal tuft with soft

tissue thickening

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*Acromegaly “Tuft sign”

29
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abnormal short fingers and/or toes

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Brachydactyly

30
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abnormally large fingers and/or toes

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Macrodactyly (macrodactylia)

31
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overgrowth of a part

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Macrodystrophia

32
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often a key clue to benign or malignant processes (abnormal in adults)

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Periosteal Reactions

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periosteal reaction has no skips, breaks, etc.

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Continuous

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periosteal reaction eroded (assoc. with buttresses - benign)

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Interrupted

35
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variations in patterns, “other

36
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single continuous layer with underlying cortex grossly intact

  • homogenous new bone formation
  • thicker 1 mm
  • general sign of benign process
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single layer and solid

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divergent spiculated delicate rays of periosteal new bone

  • rays emitting from common center
  • highly suggestive but not pathognomonic of osseous sarcoma
  • seen with osteoporosis plastic met, osteoblastoma, and hemangioma
38
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onion skin

  • concentric planes of ossification beyond cortex
  • reflects cyclical variations of tumor growth
  • Lucent zones
  • not always neoplastic
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lamellate multi-layered

39
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hair on end

  • parallel rays of periosteal new bone projecting perpendicular to cortex
  • calcification along sharpey’s fibers
  • nonspecific, generally not seen with benign lesions indicating malignancy
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spiculated

40
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any interruption of periosteal reaction, except buttress

  • very aggressive tumor
  • upstaging sign
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codman’s angle/triangle

41
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non-aggressive lesion, seen with solid periosteal reactions

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periosteal buttress````````

42
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generally intermediate growth rate

smooth, lobulated, trabeculated

neoplastic

osteoctasia

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ballooned lesions

43
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processes occurring in and around the cortex

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juxta-cortical processes

44
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bony or cartilaginous outgrowths

45
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joint margin, hallmark of osteoarthritis

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osteophyte

46
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tendon/ligament used as insertion onto bone

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enthesophyte

47
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cartilaginous bone tumor, benign lesion

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osteochondroma

48
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bleeding into periosteal structures

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parosteal myositis ossificans

49
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bleeding into subperiosteal space or soft tissues which can ossify

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ossified subperiosteal hematoma

50
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calcium deposits

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calcinosis

51
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abnormal Ca2+ or PO4-

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metastatic

52
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normal Ca2+ or PO4-

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dystrophic

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