Lecture Midterm Flashcards
What does CATBITES stand for?
-Categories of bone disease Congenital Arthritis Trauma Blood Infection Tumor Endocrine, Nutritional, Metabolic Soft Tissue
What are some clinical data to consider during your preliminary analysis of a film?
Age Sex Race History Symmetry of lesions Systems Involved
An osteolytic lesion will appear more __ on the film
black
What are the 3 types of Osteolytic lesions?
Geographic
Moth-eaten
Permeative
A Geographic lesion has ___ borders and is the ___ aggressive. It is ___ growing and >__mm in diameter
sharp
least
slow
5
Geographic lesions have a __ zone of transition
narrow
T/F Geographic lesions are benign
T
Moth-eaten lesions have ___ borders and may be ___. These are from __-__mm in diameter
jagged
malignant
2-5
Permeaive (pinhole) lesions have a __ zone of transition and implies aggressive ___. These lesions are <__mm in diameter.
wide
malignancy
1
Motheaten lesions predispose patients to a high risk of pathological ___
fracture
Osteoblastic lesion AKA
Osteogenic
Osteoblastic lesions appear ___ on film
white
2 pathologies that may cause an osteoblastic lesion
Paget’s
Osteosarcoma
Mixed lesions are __ and __, and are fairly uncommon
blastic
lucent
What are 7 things to consider when analyzing a lesion?
Skeletal Location Metaphysis Site of origin Shape Size Length Margination
A sharp or short zone of transition means that the lesion is ___
benign
Poorly-defined or long zone of transition means __ or __
infection
malignancy
Sclerotic margin is typical of ___
infection
A destroyed cortex indicates __ or ___ ___
infection
malignant tumor
e lesion with an expanded cortex may be __ or __
benign
malignant
5 categories of the matrix of a lesion
Fat Cartilage Osseous Hematogenous Fibrous
What are the 3 types of Cartilage appearances in the matrix of a lesion?
Stippled
Flocculent (cloud-like)
Arc/Ring
The periosteum is the __ covering the bone and shares __ supply with the bone
membrane
blood
What 4 things may stimulate the psriosteal response?
Inflammation Break tear stretching .... of the periosteum
With slow-growing processes, there is an ___ pattern of the periosteal new bone along the __ of affected bone.
uninterrupted
cortex
AKA for slow growing processes
Solid Periosteal reaction
With rapidly-growing processes, the perisoteum cannot produce new bone as fast as the lesion is growing. What appearances of lesion are associated with rapid growing processes?
Lamellated
Spiculated
If a lesion grows unevenly, (stops and stops) the periosteum may lay down a thin shell of calcified new bone, leading to a ___ appearance that creates ___.
lamellated/ Onion Skin/ Laminated