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Osseous Flashcards

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Generalized increased bone density (Non-peds)

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Myelosclerosis, renal osteodystrophy, fluorosis, blastic mets, lymphoma, mastocytosis, Paget

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Solitary sclerotic bone lesion

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Dev - bone island or FD
Neo - Mets, lymphoma, osteoma, osteoid osteoma, healed malignant lesion, promary bone sarcoma, Paget
Vas - bone infarct
Traumatic callus formation
Inf - Sclerosing OM of Garre
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Multiple sclerotic bone lesion

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Dev - FD, osteopoikilosis/striata, tuberous sclerosis

Neo - mets, lymphoma, mastocytosis, MM, Gardener syndrome, multifocal osteosarcoma, Paget

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Bone sclerosis with periosteal reaction

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Healing fracture with callus
Neo - Mets, lymphoma, osteoid osteoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, chondrosarcoma
Inf - OM, syphilis
Idio - Infantile cortical hyperostosis, Melorheosotosis

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Solitary sclerotic lesion with central lucency

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Neo - Osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma

Inf - Brodie abscess, spyhilis, Yaw, TB

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Osteolytic lesion with Skin involvement

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Cong - NF, basal cell naevus syndrome, angiodysplasia

Acq - Scleroderma, RA, Gout, leprosy, syphylis, LCH, sarcoidosis, Mastocytosis, Pancreatitis with osteonecrosis

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Osteoblastic lesions with skin involvement

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Cong - Osteopoikilosis, gardner syndrome

Acq - Reactive arthritis, SAPHO, lymphoma, sarcoidosis

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Mixed blastic/lytic with skin lesions

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Gaucher disease, psoriatic arthritis, SAPHO, Reactive arthritis, Sarcoidosis

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Coarse trabecular pattern

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Paget, osteoporosis/malacia, hemoglobinopathies (Thalassemia, Gaucher), hemangioma

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Lytic skeletal mets (Origin sites)

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Lung carcinoma, breast, renal cell carcinoma, Wilm tumor, bladder transitional cell, reproductive, thyroid, rectocolon, adrenal, skin

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Blastic skeletal mets (Origin sites)

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Lung carcinoid, breast, testis, prostate, bladder (TCC), stomach, colon, neuroblastoma

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Medullary based, well-defined, corticated lucent lesion

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Geode, Healing lesion, Brodie abscess, SBC, enchondroma, chondroblastoma, FD

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Medullary based, well-defined, NON-corticated lucent lesion

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Mets, MM, EG, brown tumor, Enchondroma, chondroblastoma

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Medullary based, ill-defined lesion

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Mets, MM, OM, Lymphoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, central chondrosarcoma, Fibrosarcoma

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Medullary based, well-defined, eccentric lytic lesion

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GCT, ABC, enchondroma, NOF, chondromyxoid fibroma

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Lucent expansive lesion

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Benign - ABC, GCT, enchondroma
Malignant - Mets, plasmacytoma, lymphoma, fibrosarcoma, telangiectatic osteosarcoma
Other - FD, hemophilic pseudotumor, browns tumor, hydatid

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Subarticular lucent bone lesion

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Arth - OA, RA, CPPD, gout, hemophilia
Neo - Mets/MM, ABC, GCT, Chondroblastoma, PVNS
other - Post-traumatic, osteonecrosis, TB

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Lucent bone lesion with calcium/bone

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Neo - Mets (breast), cartilage tumors (enchondroma, chondroblastoma, CMF, chondrosarcoma), bone tumor (osteoid osteoma, osteosarcoma), fibrous tumor (MFH)
Other - FD, Paget, AVN, OM, EG, intraosseous lipoma

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Moth-eaten/permeative in adults

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Neo - Mets, MM, Leukemia, Ewing, lymphoms, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma,MFH, LCH
Inf - Acute OM

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Regional osteopenia

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Disuse, Sudeck atrophy, TOH, regional migratory osteoporosis

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Generalize osteopenia

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Osteoporosis, osteomalacia, HPT, Diffuse infiltrative bone disease (MM or leukemia)

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Osteomalacia/Rickets

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Vitamin D deficiency, renal disease (renal osteodystrophy, Fanconi), hepatic disease, anticonvulsants, Mimicors ( hypophosphotasia, metaphyseal chondrodysplasia)

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Hair on end periosteal reaction

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Ewing, syphilis, infantile cortical hyperostosis

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Sunburst periosteal reaction

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Osteosarcoma, Mets, Ewing, Hemangioma, meningioma, TB, tropical ulcer

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Codman triangle periosteal reaction

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Aggressive malignant lesion or infection

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Bilateral symmetrical periosteal reaction in adults

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HOA, pachydermoperiostitis, vascular insufficiency, thyroid acropathy, fluorosis, DISH

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Bilateral Asymmetrical periosteal reaction in adults

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Mets, OM, reactive/Ps. A, Non-accidental injuries, bleeding diatheses, Hand-foot syndrome

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Cause of HOA

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Pulmonary - Carcinoma, lymphoma, abscess, cystic fibrosis, mets
Pleural - fibroma, mesothelioma
Cyanotic congenital heart disease
GI - ulcerative collitis, Crohn disease, dysentry, lymphoma, Celiac, juvenile polyposis

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Exuberant callus formation

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Steroid/cushing syndrome, neuropathic arthropathy, OI, NAI, renal osteodystrophy, MM

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Erosion of the medial metaphysis of the proximal humerus

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Normal variant, leukemia, Gaucher disease, Hurler, Glycogen storage disease, HPT, RA, Neimann-Pick disease

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Erosion of the distal clavicle

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RA, Post-trauma, MM, mets, HPT, CCD, pyknodysostosis

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Focal rib lesion (solitary or multiple)

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Neo - Mets, MM, Chondrosarcoma, Askin tumor, benign (osteochondroma, enchondroma, LCH)
Non-neo - Healed rib fracture, FD, paget disease, brown tumor, OM

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Rib notching - inferior surface

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Coarctation of the aorta (4-8th rib)
Aortic thrombosis (lower ribs)
Subclavian obstruction (upper unilateral)
Pulmonary oligemia
SVC obstruction
Pulmonary and chest wall AVM
NF
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Rib notching - superior surface

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Connective tissue - RA, SLE, scleroderma, Sjogren
HPT
Misc - NF, poliomyelitis, Marfan, OI, progeria

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Wide or thick ribs

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Chronic anemia, FD, Paget, healed fracture, achondroplasia, MPS

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Madelung deformity

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Idiopathic, dyschondrosteosis, diaphyseal aclasis, Turner syndrome, post-infective

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Common carpal coalition

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  1. Triquetral-lunate
  2. Capitate-Hamate
  3. Trapezium-trapezoid
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Massive carpal coalition (proximal-distal row)

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Acrocephalosyndactyly (Apert), Ellis-Van Creveld, Holt-Oram, Turner, symphalangism, acquired (RA, pyogenic, chronic TB, post-trauma/surgery)

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Short metacarpal/tarsal

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Idiopathic, post-traumatic, post-AVN, Turner’s, Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Pseudo-pseudoHPT

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Arachnodactyly

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Marfan, Homocystinuria

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Acro-osteolysis (tuft)

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Scleroderma, Raynaud disease, Ps. A, thermal, trauma, Hperparathyroidism, Phenytoin toxicity

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Acro-osteolysis (mid-portion)

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PVC, Hajdu Cheney, hyperparathyroidism

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Periarticular osteolysis

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Ps. A, Erosive OA, hyperparathyroidism, Scleroderma, MCRH

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Poorly defined lytic lesion in the distal phalanges

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OM, mets, MM, ABC, GCT, leprosy

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Well defined lytic lesion in the distal phalanges

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Enchondroma, sarcoidosis, glomus tumor, FD, osteoid osteoma

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Fluid-fluid level in bone lesion

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Benign - ABC, chondroblastoma, GCT, SBC, FD

Mal - Telangiectatic osteosarcoma, MFH, necrotic bone tumor

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Increased uptake on bone scan

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Blastic mets, joint disease, Trauma, post-surgery, paget disease, Superscan, metabolic bone disease, infection

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Photopenia on bone scan

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AVN, MM, lytic mets, leukemia, Spina hemangioma

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