***Congenital Variants (Practice Questions)*** Flashcards
What is the finding and diagnosis?
Arachnodactyly
–Marfans syndrome
What is the finding and diagnosis?
Bone w/in a bone
–Osteopetrosis
What is the finding and diagnosis?
Aplasia of the clavicles
–Cleidocranial dysostosis
What is the finding and diagnosis?
Champaigne glass pelvis
–Achondroplasia
What is the finding and diagnosis?
Osteoporosis w/ bone fragility
–Osteogenesis imperfecta
What is the finding and diagnosis?
Bullet vertebra
–Achondroplasia
Which of the following is NOT a sign of osteogenesis imperfecta?
A.Abnormal dentition
B.Resorption of lamina dura
C.Skeletal fragility
D.Blue sclera
Resorption of lamina dura
Your patient presents with bullet shaped vertebra and decreased interpedicular space. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Achondroplasia
Which of the following can be confused with child abuse?
A. Achondroplasia
B. Early stages of Barlow’s disease
C. Rickets
D. Osteogenesis imperfecta
–Early stages of Barlow disease (AKA scurvy)
–Osteogenesis imperfecta
You notice a “bone within a bone” type appearance on your patient. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Osteopetrosis
Which of the following is NOT a sign of Marfan’s syndrome?
Abnormal dentition
