Extremity Views Flashcards

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1
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Motive

A

Pain or dysfunction

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2
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Check the periosteum

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Periosteal reaction - parallel and spiculated

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3
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Parallel periosteal reaction aka

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Linear

Laminated

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4
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Parallel periosteal reaction

A

Ewing’s sarcoma
Infection
Trauma
Only in long bones

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5
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Spiculated periosteal reaction aka

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Sunburst

Radiating

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6
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Trauma

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Look for fx or bony callus

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7
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Infection

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WBC count, staph aureus

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8
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<25 laminated without bony callus

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Either Ewing’s or osteomyelitis

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9
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> 30 without callus

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Osteomyelitis

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10
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Spiculated/radiating/sunburst primary bone cancer

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Osteosarcoma
Chondrosarcoma
Fibrosarcoma

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11
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Only time you pick osteosarcoma over 30

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Late stage paget’s

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12
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Trauma and infeciton do not

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Expand

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13
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Check the cortex

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Thinning
Thickening
Interruption
Deformity of the cortex

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14
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Thinning of the cortex

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Osteoporosis

Grey bone/grey soft tissue with pencil thin cortices

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15
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Thickening cortex

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Paget’s

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16
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Interruption of cortex

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Fracture or non-union

17
Q

Deformity of cortex

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Pagets

Fibrous dysplasia

18
Q

Check teh medulla

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Whiter - blastic mets
Pagets

Darker - lytic mets, mm, BBT

19
Q

Loss of joint space

A
Yes = DJD/RA
No = AVN
20
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Salter harris fracture types 1-5

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Type 1 - epiphysis slides along metaphysis (SCFE)
Type 2 - through growth center and metaphysis
Type 3 - through growth center and epiphysis
Type 4 - thorugh epiphysis, growth center, and metaphysis
Type 5 - compression of growth center

21
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Most common salter harris

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Type 2 through growth center and metaphysis

22
Q

Calcification of the muscle belly

M/c seen in biceps and quadriceps

A

Myositis ossificans

23
Q

Calcium within muslce
Can work on them
M/c/c major repetitive trauma
Pt typically an athlete

A

Myositis ossificans

24
Q

3 ways to differentiate between primary malignancy (sarcoma) and Myositis ossificans

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Both look extremely white on film
Periosteal rxn = primary malignancy
MO usually parallel to shaft