Lumbosacral Spine Flashcards
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Degenerative disc w/ instability
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Spondylosis
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Multilevel Intervertebral Osteochondrosis
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Degenerative Disc
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Facet Arthrosis
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Facet Arthrosis
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Baastrup disease
What are the 6D’s associated with the hypertrophic pattern seen in Neuropathic arthropathy
Distension
Dislocation
Disorganization
Destruction
Debris
Desnity Increased
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Neuropathic Arthropathy at L2/L3
General & radiographic features of ____ include:
- Erosion of corner of vertebral body (romanus lesion)
- Squaring of vertebrae anteriorly
- Corner heals “Shiny corner sign”
- Bilateral and symmetric
- Osteoporosis
Ankylosing spondylitis
What are the 3 stages of sacroiliac joint disease?
- Hallmark is bilateral symmetric involvement
- Pseudowidening (due to resorption of subchondral bone)
- Erosion & sclerosis
- Ankylosis (see of hint of SI joint after ankyloses; “ghost joint”)
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Ankylosing spondylitis w/ Stage 2 SI joint involvement
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Ankylosing spondylitis w/ Stage 3 SI joint involvement
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Ankylosing Spondylitis
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Radiographic features of ___ include:
- Triangular sclerosis of the ilium adjacent to joint
- May be unilateral or bilateral
- Usually no abnormality of the joint itself (no erosions or joint widening)
Osteitis condensans ilii
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Unilateral Osteitis condensans ilii
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Psoriatic Arthritis
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Hyperparathyroidism
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Unilateral spondylolysis at L4
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Bilateral Spondylolysis at L4
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Transverse process fracture
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3 levels of transverse process fx
- Horizontal fracture through the spinous process, laminae, pedicles, transverse processes and posterior vertebral body, extending to aendplate
- Results in the empty vertebrae sign on frontal views
- Hyperflexion/distraction injury

Chance fracture

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Chance fx
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Suppurative infectious spondylitis
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Non-suppurative infectious spondylitis
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Sacroilitis due to suppurative infection
Radiographic feature of ____ include:
- Lucent vertebra with accentuated vertical trabeculae (“Corduroy cloth”)
- DDX = Paget’s (look for enlargement), Osteoporosis (look for multiple contiguous levels)
Hemangioma
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Hemangioma
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Hemangioma w/ central compression
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(2 different)


General & Radiographic features of ____ include:
- Midline lesions
- Osteolytic lesion with soft tissue mass
- Calcification may be present
- Malignant neoplasm that develops from a remnant of the notocord
Chordoma
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Sacral Chordoma
Radiographic features of ____ include:
- Bone enlargement, thick cortices, trabecular accentuation with stage 2 → Picture frame vertebrae
- Diffuse increase in bone density with stage 3 → Ivory vertebrae
Paget Disease
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Polyostotic Paget Disease
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Paget Disease
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Osteoid Osteoma
Radiographic features of ____ include:
- Bony changes are predominately due to marrow hyperplasia and ischemia/necrosis
- Granular skull (spares sinuses)
- Hair-on-end skull (uncommon)
- Fish vertebrae
- “H”-vertebrae (Reynolds)
- Osteoporosis /osteosclerosis
Sickle cell anemia
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Sickle cell anemia
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Sickle cell anemia
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Fluorosis
Radiographic features of ___ include:
- Small foramen magnum
- Hydrocephalus
- “Bullet vertebra” at thoracolumbar junction (associated acute kyphosis)
- Increase lumbar lordosis
- Horizontal sacrum
- Short, thick pedicles; decreasing interpedicular distance caudally
- Posterior vertebral body scalloping
- Champage glass pelvis
Achondroplasia
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Achondroplasia
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Achondroplasia
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Hodgkins lymphoma
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Degenerative Disc
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Disc bulge
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Disc Extrusion
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Disc Protrusion