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MSK Xrays Flashcards

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Open fracture

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A fracture that is complicated by a breach in adjacent skin

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Complex fracture

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A closed fracture (no break in skin) that is complicated by a soft tissue injury

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Systematic approach

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Bone and joint alignment
Joint spacing 
Cortical outline
Bone texture
Soft tissue
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Children greenstick fractures

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Children’s bones are more compliant and therefore buckle rather than completely break as in adults

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OA knee x ray

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Loss of joint space medial aspect of knee (weight bearing part of knee)

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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Bamboo spine
Syndesmophytes - ossification of a part of the annulus fibrosis which creates a thin line connecting anterior parts of vertebra

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Pagets disease

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Picture frame vertebrae
Thickening of cortex and enlargement of several vertebrae
(Excessive breakdown & turnover of bone&raquo_space; disorganised bone formation)

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Metastatic disease of spine

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Dense - ivory vertabrae

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