Pathologies Flashcards
what are acute injuries?
sudden trauma, sprains strains fractues
what are the types of athletic injuries?
acute or overuse
what are overuse injuries?
ongoing physical activity
what are included in soft tissue injuries?
contusions, hematomas, lacerations
what are contusions?
results from direct trauma, usually from striking a body part against a hard object (bruise)
what is a hematoma
pool of blood under the skin
what is a laceration?
when the skin is torn
what is a strain?
is a stretching injury to a muscle or a muscultendinous unit caused by mechanical overloading.
symptoms of strains
stiffness swelling
most common place for strains
lower back and cervical regions of spine, elbow, shoulder, feet
what are Sprains?
involves the ligament
different degrees
what are the different types of Sprains?
incomplete, complete, on occasion a chip of bone can be removed with the ligament
symptoms of a sprain?
pain, rapid swelling, heat, disability, discolouration, limitation of function
what is osteomyelitis?
acute or chronic infection of the bone
what is egg calve Perth disease
head of the femur loses blood supply
what are the 2 major bone cancers in children
osteosarcoma endowing sarcoma
what bone tumours are benign
osteoid osteoma
benign osteoblastoma
what bone tumours are malignant
osteosarcoma
parosteal osteogenic sarcoma
what cartilage tumours are benign?
osteochondroma
chondroma
chondroblastoma
chondromyxoid fibroma
what cartilage tumours are malignant
chondrosarcoma
what lipid tumour is malignant
liposarcoma
what fibrous tissue tumour is benign
fibrous dysplasia
what fibrous tissue tumours are malignant
fibrosarcoma
malignant fibroid histiocytoma
what misc tumors are benign?
giant cell tumor
what misc tumors are malignant?
malignant giant cell
Ewing sarcoma
what bone marrow tumours are malignant?
multiple myeloma
reticulum cell sarcoma
