Chiro Essentials- Radiological Summary Findings (2 of 2)

Question 1

Dystrophic calcification in muscle; brachilais, quadriceps, thigh adductors

Answer 1

Myositis ossificans

Question 2

Solitary oval radiolucent defect; thin cortex, bunch of grapes appearance

Answer 2

Non-ossifying fibroma

Question 3

Subluxation of the proximal radio-ulnar joint in a child, soft tissue swelling

Answer 3

Nursemaid’s elbow

Question 4

Anteiror surface irregularities of the tibial tuberosity in teens, soft tissue swelling

Answer 4

Osgood Schlatter’s

Question 5

Triangular sclerosis of the lower ilium near sacroiliac joint, bilateral symmetric

Answer 5

Osteitis condensans Ilii

Question 6

Joint space narrowing, subchondral sclerosis (eburnation), osteophytes

Answer 6

Osteoarthritis

Question 7

Multiple small rounded radiopacities in the ends of long bones (normal variant)

Answer 7

Osteopoikilosis

Question 8

Eccentric, lytic lesion in the metaphysis or diaphysis or in the neural arch

Answer 8

Osteoblastoma

Question 9

AVN, medial femoral epicondyle, ankle, hip and elbow, arc-like left fragment

Answer 9

Osteochondritis dessicans

Question 10

Broad-based bone outgrowth-cauliflower (mushroom-like) or coat-hanger look

Answer 10

Osteochondroma

Question 11

Metaphyseal fractures at different healing stages, pencil-thin cortices

Answer 11

Osteogenesis imperfecta

Question 12

Lucent lesion

Answer 12

Osteoid osteoma

Question 13

Dense sclerotic well-circumscribed lesion rarely > 2 cm, in the skull or sinuses

Answer 13

Osteoma

Question 14

Pseudofractures in long bones, decreased bone density, coarsened trabeculae

Answer 14

Osteomalacia

Question 15

Soft tissue swelling, periosteal elevation, Brodie’s abscess, invoucrum

Answer 15

Osteomyelitis

Question 16

General demineralization, thin cortex, few but coarsened trabeculae

Answer 16

Osteoporosis

Question 17

Blastic metaphyseal permeative lesion, Codman triangle, sunburst appearance

Answer 17

Osteosarcoma

Question 18

Cotton wool skull, mixed blastic/lytic lesions, pelvic brim and candle flame sign

Answer 18

Paget’s disease

Question 19

Ossification of the medial knee collateral ligament, traumatic

Answer 19

Pelligrini-Stieda disease

Question 20

AVN, sclerosis and fragmentation of the proximal pole of the scaphoid

Answer 20

Preiser

Question 21

Cup and pencil deformity of DIP joints, mouse ears, sausage digits

Answer 21

Psoriatic arthritis

Question 22

Soft tissue swelling, intra-articular erosions, ulnar deviation of MCP joints

Answer 22

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Question 23

Widened growth (plate) metaphyseal cupping, pain brush appearance in a child

Answer 23

Rickets

Question 24

Anterior wedging, schmorl’s nodes, decreased disc height in 3+ ventricles

Answer 24

Scheuermann’s

Question 25

Ice cream sliding off the cone sign, disrupted Klein’s line and Shenton’s line

Answer 25

SCFE

Question 26

Soft tissue retraction, calcinosis cutis and acro-osteolysis

Answer 26

Scleroderma

Question 27

Frankl’s line, Pelken’s spur and Wimberger’s ring

Answer 27

Scurvy

Question 28

AVN, fragmented irregular sclerosis of the calcaneal apophysis

Answer 28

Sever

Question 29

Hair-on-end Skull, undertubulation of long bones, cod-fish vertebrae

Answer 29

Sickle Cell Disease

Question 30

Slippage of one vertebra on the other, most common at L5/S1, pars fracture

Answer 30

Spondylolisthesis

Question 31

Expansile geographic defect in proximal humerus or femur, fallen fragment sign

Answer 31

Simple bone cyst

Question 32

Small elevated scapula, omovertebral bone (30%) and Klippel Feil syndrome

Answer 32

Sprengel’s Deformity

Question 33

Soft tissue swelling, perarticular osteoporosis, reducible ulnar deviation

Answer 33

SLE

Question 34

Apical cavitation, unilateral or bilateral hilar lymphadenopahty, tracheal shift

Answer 34

Tuberculosis