OSTEOSCLEROTIC CONDITIONS Flashcards
What is Osteopetrosis ?
A disease were there is a deficiency of osteoclast function that causes dense bone.
What are the risks of Osteopetrosis ?
The bone is brittle so is prone to fracturing. (Although looks dense)
What are 4 classic Xray appearance of Osteopetrosis ?
- Bone within bone appearances.
- Tubular bones may have flask like deformity.
- Lack of differentiation between cortical bone and medullary bone.
What is Osteopetrosis also known as ?
Albers schonberg disease or marble bone disease.
Give a list of differentials for OSTEOSCLEROTIC appearance of bone?
Key (There’s a pneumonic)
Renal osteodystrophy.
Sickle cell disease
Myelofibrosis
Osteopetrosis
Pyknodysostosis
Metastatic carcinoma
Pagets
Athletes
Fluorosis.
How does renal osteodystrophy present on hand plain films?
Subperiosteal bone reabsorption seen mostly at the radial aspect of the middle phalanx’s. Some patients will be osteopenic.
Osteosclerosis in sickle cell disease has an unknown cause, what is the radiographic appearance in the spine?
Step off or H shaped deformities of the vertebral body endplates.
What blood marker can be used to see if a patient has osteoblastic Mets ?
The enzyme called Alkaline Phosphatase.