MSK Trauma Flashcards
differentiate: fatigue fx vs insuff fx
fatigue: normal bone –> repetitive stress –> fx
insuff: abn bone –> normal stress –> fx
tenosynovitis –> cause? (3)
- repetitive motion
- inflamm arthritis
- infx
tenosynovitis –> MRI appearance?
tendon –> completely surround by fluid
what is stenosing tenosynovitis?
tendon sheath –> several loculated fluid collections
what is myxoid degeneration (tendinosis)?
age/over-use –> tendon –> non-inflamm degen
myxoid degeneration (tendinosis) –> MRI appearance?
tendon:
- normal size or enlrg
- intermed signal within
Jones fx –> location?
5th metatarsal –> prox –> meta-diaphysis jx
pseudo-Jones fx (metatarsal base avulsion fx) –> location?
5th metatarsal base –> intra-articular
differentiate: Jones vs pseudo-Jones fx –> prognosis? tx?
Jones fx:
- reduced blood supply –> worse prognosis
- tx variable –> maybe surg
pseudoJones:
- conservative managemt
pseudo-Jones fx (metatarsal base avulsion fx) –> which tendon?
peroneus brevis
what is Freiberg’s infraction?
2nd metatarsal –> head –> avascular necrosis
Freiberg’s infraction –> epidemiology?
young F
Freiberg’s infraction –> cause? (2)
- repetitive stress
- poor fit shoes (heels)
1st toe –> sesamoid fx –> MOA?
1st MTP:
- extreme hyperextend
- dorsal dislocate
what is turf toe?
wide range of injuries of 1st MTP jt –> include sesamoid fx
Lisfranc injury –> 2 dislocation types?
- divergent: 1st metatarsal –> medial dislocate
- homolat: all metatarsals –> lat dislocate
what is Kohler dz?
peds –> navicular –> osteonecrosis
what is Mueller-Weiss dz?
adult –> navicular –> osteonecrosis
Kohler dz –> epidemiology?
M
Mueller-Weiss dz –> epidemiology?
F
differentiate: Kohler dz vs Mueller-Weiss dz –> prognosis?
Kohler –> self-limited
Mueller-Weiss: more severe in course
what is Chopart jt?
talonavicular + calcaneocuboid jt
Chopart fx-dislocation –> assoc fx? (3)
- calcaneus
- cuboid
- navicular
what is lover’s fx?
fall from ht –> calcaneus fx
traumatic calcaneus fx –> next step? why?
high assoc:
- lumbar fx
- traumatic aortic injury
- renal vascular pedicle avulsion
–> further imaging –> lumbar and/or abd
how to measure Boehler angle? normal measuremt?
- posterior tuberosity sup aspect –> post subtalar facet sup aspect
- ant process sup aspect –> post subtalar articular surface sup aspect
normal: 20-40 deg
calcaneus fx –> diagnostic Boehler angle?
<20 deg
calcaneus stress fx –> imaging appearance? Boehler angle?
- calcaneus –> intact cortex –> fluffy band of sclerosis
- normal Boehler angle
talus fx –> which parts of talus can be fractured? (5)
- lat process
- post process
- head
- body
- neck
Hawkins classification –> use for what fx?
talar neck fx
talar neck fx –> potential comp?
disrupt blood supply –> avascular necrosis
what is Hawkins sign?
talar neck fx –> ankle immobilize –> 6-8wk –> intact blood supply –> active hyperemia –> inc bone resorb –> frontal ankle XR –> subchondral lucent band –> good prognosis
talar neck fx –> no Hawkins sign –> suggests?
avascular necrosis
hindfoot (tarsal) coalition –> 2 MC types?
- talocalcaneal
- calcaneonavicular
what is C sign?
fused middle subtalar jt –> medial talus - sustenaculum tali –> talocalcaneal coalition
calcaneonavicular coalition –> fusion of which parts?
calcaneus ant process –> navicular
calcaneonavicular coalition –> sign?
anteater sign
Danis-Weber classification?
- Weber A: distal fibula fx –> intact syndesmosis
- B: prox trans-syndesmotic fx –> partial syndesmotic rupture
- C: high fibula fx above syndesmosis –> assoc total syndesmotic rupture & ankle mortise instable
direction mechanism of trauma?
- Weber A
- B
- C
- Weber A: supination-adduction
- B: supination-ext rot
- C: pronation-ext rot
triplane fx –> 3 components?
- epiphysis –> vertical
- physis –> horizontal
- metaphysis –> oblique
what is Wagstaffe-LeFort fx?
avulsion fx –> distal fibula –> ant –> ATFL
what is maisonneuve fx?
prox fibula fx –> assoc interosseous membrane tear or medial malleolus fx –> wide ankle mortise
what is Pilon fx?
distal tibia –> comminute vertical fx –> tibial plafond disrupt
Pilon fx –> MOA?
axial loading
achilles thicken –> ddx? (2)
- achilles tendinosis
- hyperlipid –> xanthoma
Kager’s fat pad –> inc soft tissue –> ddx? (3)
- # 1 access soleus muscle
- Achilles tendon injury
- Haglund dz (Mulholland deformity)
what is Haglund synd (Mulholland deformity)?
poor fit shoes –> Haglund deformity (“pump bump”) –> retrocalcaneal bursitis –> distal Achilles tendon –> thicken
knee dislocation –> next step? why?
high risk –> popliteal A injury –> CT angio
knee dislocation –> MC type?
ant
tibial plateau fx –> lat vs medial –> which is more stable?
lat
differentiate: meniscal injury –> red zone vs central –> prognosis?
- red zone: vascular zone –> heal spont or w surg
- central: avascular –> not heal
meniscus –> myxoid degen –> imaging appearance?
inc signal –> not extend to surface
meniscal tear –> MC type?
oblique/horizontal tear
meniscus –> oblique/horizontal tear –> MC location?
medial meniscus –> post horn
meniscus –> oblique/horizontal tear –> MC etiology?
degen
meniscus –> what is bucket handle tear?
vertical tear –> inner edge –> displace
meniscus –> bucket handle tear –> most sensitive sign?
“absent bow tie”
meniscus –> bucket handle tear –> displaced inner edge –> MC location?
intercondylar notch
meniscus tear –> double delta sign indicates?
either meniscus –> bucket handle tear –> ant displacement
meniscus tear –> double PCL sign indicates?
medial meniscus –> bucket handle tear –> post displacement
meniscus –> radial (transverse) tear –> sign? (3)
- “marching cleft” sign
- “ghost meniscus”
- “truncated triangle”
meniscus tear –> what is marching cleft sign?
meniscal tear –> oriented obliquely in relation to both coronal and sagittal plane –> tear cleft mv toward/away from free meniscal edge on consecutive sagittal images
meniscus tear –> which type has high rate of meniscal extrusion?
radial (transverse)
what is meniscal cyst?
meniscus tear –> jt fluid extend into –> loculated fluid adj to meniscus
meniscal cyst –> MC assoc meniscus tear?
horizontal tear
what is discoid meniscus?
congenital malformation –> meniscus –> range thick to complete disc-shape –> meniscus extend into central tibial plateau
discoid meniscus –> ssx?
- jt pain
- clicking
- locking
discoid meniscus –> inc risk for? (2)
- cystic degen
- tear
discoid meniscus –> MC in lat or medial meniscus?
lat
discoid meniscus –> imaging appearance?
meniscus –> sagittal –> oval or bowtie –> >3 contiguous slices
ACL –> 2 attachmts? which attachmt is stronger?
- femoral intercondylar notch
- ant tibial plateau –> stronger
ACL –> 2 fiber bundles? which is smaller/larger?
- ant-med band –> small
- post-lat –> lrger
ACL injury –> 3 assoc injuries?
- meniscal tear
- MCL tear
- postlat corner knee injury
what is O’Donoghue’s triad?
- ACL injury
- meniscal tear
- MCL tear
ACL injury –> charact bone contusion pattern?
- lat femoral condyle
- postlat tibial plateau
ACL injury –> PCL appearance?
tibia –> ant displace –> PCL buckling
XR finding –> suggests ACL injury?
Segond fx
what is Segond fx?
lat capsular lig –> lat tibial plateau –> avulsion fx
Segond fx –> assoc injuries? (2)
- ACL
- IT band
IT band –> inserts?
tibia –> Gerdy’s tubercle
XR –> Segond fx –> next step?
MRI –> look for ACL injury
ACL graft –> should run parallel to what structure? what “line” is used to assess this?
parallel to intercondylar notch –> behind Blumensaat’s line
ACL graft –> too steep –> potential comp?
extend leg –> graft impinged by femur
ACL graft –> too lax –> potential comp?
not provide enough knee stability
ACL reconstruction –> what is cyclops lesion?
potential comp of ACL reconstruction –> nodular scarring in Hoffa’s fat pad
ACL vs PCL –> which is stronger?
PCL
PCL –> attachmts?
- femoral intercondylar notch (ant to ACL)
- post tib plateau
PCL injury –> typical MRI appearance?
- inc laxity
- +/- abnormal T2 signal
knee –> extensor mechanism –> 3 components?
- quad tendon
- patella
- patellar tendon
quad muscles? (4)
- vastus –> intermedius, medialis, lateralis
- rectus femoris
patella alta –> Insall-Salvati ratio?
> 1.2
patella baja –> Insall-Salvati ratio?
<0.8
Insall-Salvati ratio –> best measured on sagittal view with how much (deg) flexion?
30deg
quad tendon tear –> ssx? (1)
can’t extend knee
quad tendon tear –> XR finding?
patella baja
patellar tendon tear –> ssx? (1)
can’t extend knee
patellar tendon tear –> XR finding?
patella alta
patellar tendinosis (jumper’s knee) –> MRI appearance?
patellar tendon –> thick
lat patella dislocation –> charact pattern of injury?
- bone contusion:
- lat femoral condyle
- medial patella facet
- medial retinaculum tear
what is Osgood-Schlatter dz? etiology? epidemiology?
adol –> repetitive microtrauma –> tibial tubercle –> osteochondrosis
Osgood-Schlatter dz –> XR appearance?
- tibial tuberosity –> enlrg, fragmted
- adj edema
Osgood-Schlatter dz –> MR appearance?
- tibial tubercle –> BM edema
- distal patellar tendon –> inc signal
- Hoffa’s fat pad –> edema
MCL –> 2 attachmts?
- medial femoral condyle –> post aspect
- tibial metaphysis –> medial aspect –> deep to pes anserinus
MCL injury –> 3 grades?
- Grade 1 –> MCL sprain –> lig normal signal, soft tissue high signal
- 2 –> severe sprain/partial tear –> lig high signal or partial disrupt
- 3 –> complete tear –> complete disrupt
what is Pellegrini-Stieda lesion?
MCL avulsion injury –> medial femoral condyle –> adj calc
lat collateral lig (LCL) complex –> 3 components?
- biceps femoris tendon
- LCL
- IT band
knee –> postlat corner –> componts? (4)
- LCL complex
- arcuate lig
- popliteofibular lig
- popliteus tendon
knee –> postlat corner injury –> surgical-near emergency –> T/F?
T
IT band synd –> epidemiology? MOA? ssx?
runner –> antlat femur & IT band tendon friction –> antlat knee pain
IT band synd –> MRI appearance?
fluid –> both sides of IT band
patella –> 3 facets?
- odd
- med
- lat
cartilage thinning –> reported measuremts?
- <50%
- 50%
- > 50%
cartilage injury –> 3 types of manifestations?
- surface irreg
- fissure
- delamination
cartilage injury –> what is delamination?
dissecting detachmt of cartilage undersurface from bone
what is osteochondrosis dissecans? epidemiology?
adol –> repetitive trauma –> cartilage dehydrate & stiffen –> greater force on subchondral bone –> osteochondral injury
osteochondrosis dissecans –> MC jts? (3)
- # 1 knee
- # 2 ankle
- elbow
osteochondrosis dissecans –> knee –> location?
med femoral condyle –> lat aspect
osteochondrosis dissecans –> ankle –> location?
talar dome:
- postmed
- antlat
osteochondrosis dissecans –> elbow –> location?
capitellum –> antlat
elbow –> osteochondrosis dissecans –> epidemiology? (2)
- gymnast
- throwing athlete
unstable osteochondral fragmt –> appearance?
lesion is not attached to bone –> curvilinear fluid signal bw fragmt & bone
OCD –> MRI stages? (4) which are unstable?
- stage 1: intact articular cartilage
- 2: articular cartilage defect
- 3: displaceable frgmt –> unstable
- 4: displaced frgmt –> unstable
OCD –> MRI stages 1-4 –> XR appearance?
- stage 1: normal
- 2: semicircular frgmt
- 3: semicircular frgmt
- 4: defect or loose body
OCD –> MRI stages 1-4 –> T2 appearance?
- stage 1: BM edema
- 2: surrounding low signal, cartilage defect
- 3: surrounding high signal
- 4: defect and/or loose body
what is osteochondral injury?
cartilage & bone –> acute traumatic injury (not repetitive)
what is pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS)?
synovium –> hyperplastic prolif –> benign tumor
same process as pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) –> occurs outside the jt –> dx?
giant cell tumor of tendon sheath
pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) –> MC location?
knee
pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) –> ssx? (3)
- knee pain
- swelling
- knee effusion –> dark brown (d/t prior hemorrhage)
pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) –> MR appearance?
- T1
- T2
- GRE
recurrent hemorrhage –> hemosiderin:
- T1 dark
- T2 dark
- GRE bloom
what is lipoma arborescens?
intracapsule –> synovium –> fatty tissue –> overgrow –> fatty mass –> lobulated & globular
lipoma arborescens –> tx? why?
synovectomy –> prevent premature OA
Baker’s cyst –> MC location?
Baker’s M&M:
- semiMembranosus
- Med head of gastrocnemius
what is Baker’s cyst?
knee jt –> ball-valve type comm –> popliteal cyst
Baker’s cyst –> ddx? (1)
popliteal aneurysm
what is tennis leg?
tear:
- plantaris tendon
- medial head of gastrocnemius
what “line” represents border ant column of acetabulum?
iliopectineal (iliopubic) line
what “line” represents border post column of acetabulum?
ilioischial line
acetabulum fx –> Judet-Letournel classification –> 5 elementary patterns?
- post wall fx
- post column
- ant wall
- ant column
- transverse
hip fx –> intracapsular types? (2)
- femoral head
- neck
intracapsular hip fx –> potential comp?
osteonecrosis
femoral head –> major blood supply? minor?
- # 1 circumflex femoral A
- lig teres
femoral neck fx –> 3 types? MC type?
- # 1 subcapital
- transcervical
- basicervical
subcapital femoral neck fx –> Garden classification?
- stage I: impacted or incomplete –> valgus
- II: complete, nondisplaced
- III: complete, partial displace –> varus
- IV: complete, full displace –> varus
subcapital femoral neck fx –> normal vs varus vs valgus –> angle measuremts?
- valgus >180
- varus <160
- normal 160
hip arthroplasty –> how to optimize MRI?
- field strength
- FSE vs GRE
- receiver bandwidth
- number of acquisitions (NEX)
- artifact direction
- voxel size
- slice thickness
- matrix size
- field strength: low as poss
- FSE vs GRE: FSE
- receiver bandwidth: inc as much as poss
- number of acquisitions (NEX): inc
- artifact direction: sup-inf
- voxel size: dec
- slice thickness: dec
- matrix size: inc
hip fx –> MRI appearance?
- fx line –> T1/T2 dark
- BM edema –> T2 bright
what is magic angle artifact?
short TE seq –> tendon –> oriented 55 deg to magnet bore –> inc signal artifact
short TE –> which seq? (3)
- T1
- proton density
- GRE
hip –> stress fx –> MC location? less common location?
- # 1 femoral neck –> infmed
- femoral head –> sup
differentiate: femoral head stress fx vs hip AVN –> imaging appearance?
stress fx –> subchondral line:
- irreg
- convex to articular surface
AVN –> subchondral line:
- smooth
- concave
hip AVN –> RF? (2)
- steroid use
- alcohol abuse
femur –> stress fx –> atypical location? poss etiology?
bisphosphonate use:
- diaphysis –> lat
- diaphysis –> transverse
hip –> stress fx –> edema should be resolved by?
8wk
hip –> stress fx –> conservative tx for 8 wk –> f/u MRI –> persistent edema –> indicates?
tx fail
stress fx –> other sites in pelvis? (3)
- pubic rami
- sacrum
- acetabulum –> roof
what is AVN? what is osteonecrosis?
AVN: epiphysis/subchondral –> focal ischemia
osteonecrosis: bone & BM –> necrosis
AVN –> natural progression of dz?
focal ischemia –> trabecula necrosis –> inc risk for stress fx –> collapse –> 2ary OA
AVN + splenomeg –> dx?
Gaucher dz
AVN + small calcified spleen –> dx?
sickle cell
AVN –> etiology? (4)
- trauma
- red cell abnormal –> sickle cell
- marrow packing abnormal –> Gaucher
- meds –> steroid, alcohol, transplant immunosupp
hip –> b/l AVN –> suggests what type of etiology?
systemic
AVN –> MC location? 2nd MC?
- # 1 prox femur
- #2 prox humerus
what is Ficat staging used for?
hip AVN –> XR appearance –> staging
hip AVN –> Ficat staging? tx?
- stage 1: normal XR –> core femoral head drill
- 2: cystic & sclerotic change –> core femoral head drill
- 3: subchondral collapse –> variable tx
- 4: femoral head flat, 2ary OA –> jt replace
AVN –> MRI appearance –> 2 classification systems?
- modified Ficat
- Mitchell system
hip AVN –> MC MRI appearance?
- geographic subchondral lesion
- serpentine rim –> T1 dark
pathognomonic sign for AVN?
“double line” sign –> T2:
- peripheral rim –> dark
- inner band –> bright