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Radiograph interpretation - Uni day 01/03 Flashcards

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What is diaphysis?

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  • Forms longest part of bone
  • Known as the shaft
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What is metaphysis?

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  • Wide portion of bones either side of the diaphysis
  • Where bone growth occurs
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What is the epiphysis?

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  • Rounded ends of long bones
  • Contributes to the joint
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What is the physis?

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  • Ossifies once skeleton matures
  • Known as growth plate
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What is apophysis?

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  • Site of tendon attachment
  • Eventually ossifies
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What is sesamoid?

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  • Bone which ossifies within a tendon
  • eg patella
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Imagine knee joint and label parts of bone

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Two parts of bone

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  • Cortex - dense compact bone, outermost layer is called periosteum, inner most layer endosteum
  • Medulla - central cavity contains bone marrow, composed of fat which is less dense compared to cortical bone
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Trauma radiograph checklist

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  • Patient info
  • Bone and joint alignment
  • Joint spacing
  • Cortical outline
  • Soft tissues

PASCS

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Why is patient information important when reviewing x-ray?

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  • Appearances of bones and joints change with age
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Things to comment on about joint/bone alignment

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  • Loss of alignment can be due to a fracture or joint dislocation
  • Joints can be partially subluxed or completely dislocated
  • Soft tissue injuries are difficult to interpret on x-ray
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Joint spacing changes x-ray

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  • Widening from dislocation?
  • Arthritis = narrowing
  • Use other joints for comparison
  • Joint spacing varies with age
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How to look for fractures

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  • Trace around cortical outline of bone
  • Most fractures cause some cortical disruption - luscent or sclerotic
  • THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE
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Principles of interpreting x-rays

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  • check all views - minimum of two
  • Compare with opposite side
  • Compare to previous imaging
  • Review clinical information
  • Review whole radiograph
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How to describe a fracture

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  • Location
  • Morphology
  • Displacement
  • Angulation
  • Joint involvement

Look more deeply at joints

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How to describe location

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  • Proximal, middle or distal third
  • Proximal or distal epiphysis, and metaphysis or diaphysis
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How to describe morphology of fracture

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  • Transverse
  • Longitudinal
  • Oblique
  • Spiral
  • Impacted
  • Comminuted
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How to describe displacement

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  • Undisplaced
  • Partial displacement
  • Complete displacement
  • Foreshortened
  • Distracted
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How to describe angulation

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  • Always describe where distal part is in relation to proximal part
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How to describe joint involvement

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  • Extra-articular
  • Proximal intra-articular
  • Distal intra-articular
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