Orthopeadics teach amk day Flashcards
sunburst appearance on X-ray
osteosarcoma
tissue biopsy to confirm
what is osteosarcoma
most commonly found where
malignant bone tumour found at metaphysics of distal femur or proximal tibia
symptoms fo osteosarcoma
dull bone pain worse at night , localised mass , soft and tissue mass and swelling
pages disease of the bone is a metabolic bone disorder
symptoms - hearing and extra
constant achy bone pain
warmness
hearing loss
and heart failure
what do results from blood show pagets
raised ALP
normal calcium and phonate
differentials for hbperparathryism
management fo pagets
bisphosphonates e.g. IV parmidroante
osteomyelitis is the infection of the bone usually from
staph aureus
symptoms of OM
recent trauma or fractures due to infection getting in
bone pain at site
lump
fever and redness
investigation fro OM - infection of bone
managemtn
MRI
give antibiotics
children - cefaxolin and adults fluco
bony metastasis is when what
when cancers spread to the bone
most common causes are renal , trhyodi , lung , prostate, breast
syntposm of bony metastasis
bone pain worse at night
anaemia
raised calcium
normally just palliative care and chemo
chondrosarcoma is tumour and presents with painful and enlarging mass and if affects where
axial skeleton - ribs, shoulder and pelvis
what does an X-ray of a chondroarcoma show
lytic lesions with calcification , cortical remodelling
need to remove it
sliped upper femoral epiphysis SUFE this is where growth plate experiences some sort of fracture causing the femoral head to slip out of position
really common in boys 10-16 normally obese
symtpoms
limited abduction , internal rotation and flceion and present with externally rotated leg
pelvic xray - frog postion
managemnet is internal rotation - pops it back in
perthes affects boys 4-7 and is characterised by gradual hip pain and all hip movements are limited
managed b
NSAIDs and bed rest
transient synovitis of the hip 4-10 yr olds is acute onset hip pain and relived rest
upper resitpatiory tract infection relived with rest for the pain
investigations shwo
no findings or blood results on scan