Path: MS system Flashcards
Osteitis deformans aka? S/S? Lab?
pagets
older males, mosaic layers, bowing tibia, IVORY WHITE VERTEBRA, pseudofractures,
Lab: increased alkaline phosphatase 40 times higher
Neurofibromatosis aka?
von recklinghausens disease
genetic
coast of maine café au lait spots
can compress nerves
fibrous dysplasia is?
bone thinning, lesions, growth in bone.
monostotic= one bone
polyostsotic= many bones
mccune-albrights disease
found in young girls, several bones involved, endocrine related
hemangioma
MC benign bone tumor of the vertebra
affects only one level
osteochondroma
MC benign bone tumor of the body
sessile- no stalk
peduncle- stalk
osteogensis imperfecta
brittle bone disease genetic abnormal collagen fractures BLUE sclera
OsteopEtrosis
overgrowth & sclerosis bone, however is weak & fractures
osetopOrosis
post menopausal
increases fractures
Dowager hump
osteomyelitis
Staph infection in bone
Potts disease
TB of the spine
spreads lungs> thoracics> eats the joints> vertebra collapses> inc. kyphosis
causes Gibbus deformity
Avulsion fracture
ligament pulls away part of bone
comminuted fracture
has many fragments
Compound fracture
protrusion through the skin
simple fracture
no protrusion through the skin
avascular necrosis
aka AVN, ischemic necrosis, aseptic necrosis, osteochondrosis