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Intro to Imaging Procedures

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What type of imaging is used as an initial study of bone diseases?

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X-ray 99% seen on conventional radiography

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Computed tomography blurs out unwanted sections in its constant movement. What type of imaging is computed tomography?

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CT scan that shows “thin slices” of anatomical structures in the periphery.

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Define attenuation

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absorbed energy of an x-ray beam after it passes through a given substance.

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Name a disadvantage of conventional aka plain film.

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lacks of ST discrimination, diminished sensitivity, resolution of small lesions, radiographic later period, exposure differences

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What is the search pattern for the ABC’s of interpretation?

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Free search

Directed search

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In the ABCs approach of interpretation study what does B and C represent?

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A=alignment
B=Bone
C=Cartilage
S=Soft tissue

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Does CT mean a.conventional tomography or b. computed tomography

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Computed tomography

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SPECIAL

a. Conventional tomography is used to do what?
b. Tube and film move in what type of direction?
c. What determines the slice thickness?

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a. evaluate abnormal structures obscured by overlapping shadows
b. reciprocal, it fulcrum/pivot is at the level of interest
c. tomographic arc

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Name the imaging procedure is based on tissue attenuation?

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CT aka CAT aka Computed Tomography

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CTs provides excellent spatial relationships. Most images are obtained in what plane?

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Axial

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State what each Tissue expressed in Hounsfield units Hu or CT numbers.
Water
Fat
Muscle
Bone
Air
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Water 0
Fat -50
Muscle +40
Bone +1000 (more dense)
Air -1000
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a. What is the aka for Bone scintigraphy

b. What is the name of the radiopharmaceutical used for the principle selective uptake of skeleton, heart, lung, etc?

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a. Radionuclide bone scanning

b. Technetium-99m methylene diphosphate (99-mTc-MDP) m/c radiopharmaceutical. Extremely sensitive but lacks specificity

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The A in ABCs reps alignment. What relationship does it show?

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relationship between bone (curves, rotation, retro/anterolsthesis etc.)

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What shows uptake on a bone scan?

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Fx, tumors, infections, endocrine, hematologic/arthritic disorders. these areas are aka Hot Spots

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What imaging system has signal emitted by hydrogen nuclei and its signal is based on the liquidity of tissue.

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MRI excellent for ST, bone marrow, disc and ligaments

NO ionizing radiation

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What type of imaging has mutiplanar capabilities but does NOT use ionizing radiation?

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MRI

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Arthro-graphy contrast study opacification of what?

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  • joint cavities
  • ID intra-articular derangements of menisci, cartilage, loose bodies
  • invasive
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Angio-graphy contrast studies

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traumatic ms injuries, tumors, vascular disease

invasive, lots of complications

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a. In contrast studies myelography and CTM contrast into what space?
b. Discography contrast into what?

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a. Subarachnoid

b. nucleus pulposus, morphologic analysis and pain provocation

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Metastatic bone disease is due to what?

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osseous dissemination of cell from primary malignant neoplasm

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What is the mc malignancy of bone or mc malignant tumor in the skeleton?

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Metastatic bone tumors

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What is the 3rd mc site of metastatic carcinoma?

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Bone.

Note: also lung and liver

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Metastatic bone tumors mc from what type of malignancy?

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epithelial

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With mets bone disease what shows abnormal uptake in 85% of carcinoma pts?

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Scintigraphy

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What are the mc PRIMARY sites to metastasize to bone?
Breast, prostate, lung colon, stomach, bladder uterus, rectum, thyroid and kidney in descending order
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What locations account for 75-80% of skeletal metastasis?
Breast, prostate, lung and kidney
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Do males or females have a 5 fold increase risk of pathological vertebral fx and what locations?
Females Breast | Thyroid, kidney and cervix
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The incidence of bone mets in males is what percentage and what are the locations?
Prostate 60%, lung, bladder
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What is the incidence of Bone mets in children? What are the ages with associated conditions?
a. less than 5 yoa NeuroBlastoma b. 10-20 yoa Ewings and Osteosarcoma c. 20-35 yoa Hodgkin's lymphoma
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What is the incidence of Osteolytic Mets in a. females | b. males c. children?
a. breast 80%, breast 10% b. lung 75%, prostate 80% c. neuroblastoma 80%, Hodgkins 50%
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a. What is the mc clinical feature of bone mets? | b. MC presentation is
a. mc after 4th decade | b. progressive bone pain, insidious onset, bouts of exacerbation/remission commonly more severe at night
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a. Name the clinical feature mc complication for bone mets. | b. What are typical findings?
a. pathologic fx | b. swelling, tenderness and local pain
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What are the possible altered values/features seen on a bone panel, CBC, and ESR for routine lab study?
``` elevated ESR calcium osteolytic mets alkaline phosphatase osteoblastic mets proteins uric acids acid phosphatase and PSA ```
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Bone mets common to
lungs, liver and red marrow due to rich vascularization
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Bone tumor cells stimulate what in the host bone?
Osteoclastic activity with a progressive displacement of marrow elements
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Osteolytic destruction tumor emboli deposited in bone marrow displacement. What cortical mets are mc from where?
Lung, also breast and kidney | begins in medullary cavity and secondarily destroys the cortex
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Blastic metastasis is d/t what and has what type of growth?
Non-neoplastic new bone | response of osteoid tissue to the tumor
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Radiographic features cookie-bite lesions is associated with what type of metastasis? Name the mc primary sites.
cortical metastasis | Lung, breast, kidney
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What is the mc pathway and frequency via Batson's plexus for bone mets?
Hematologic dissemination | lymphatics is uncommon w/osseous mets
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CT procedure detects/eval which part of bone?
cortical and trabecular bone and ST mass
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MRI procedures are more ___ and ___ than bone scintigraphy.
sensitive and specific
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What are some radiographic features seen in osteolytic bone mets?
``` cortical and trabecular destruction moth-eaten/permeative pattern No periosteal response Wide ZOT maybe expansile small/absent ST mass ```
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What is the mc site of Blow-out mets? | What does it look like?
Thyroid, kidney and lung | highly expansile and bubbly maybe solitary
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What is the atypical presentation of osteolytic metastasis?
Blow-out mets
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Expansile osteolytic lesions of bone uses FEGNOMASHIC. what does it mean?
**Fibrous dysplasia (monostotic) Enchondroma, Eosinophilic granuloma Giant cell tumor (GCT) Non-ossifying fibroma/fibrous cortical defect osteoblastoma mets (blow-out)/myeloma (Plasmacytoma) Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) Simple bone cyst (SBC) HHPT, Pseudotumore of hemophilia/Hemangioma Infections Chondroblastoma, Chondromyxoid fibroma, Chondrosarcoma
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The following radiographic features indicates what type of mets? Snow-ball, poorly defined margins, ivory vertebrae
osteoblastic
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what is the mc location of origin for osteoblastic mets?
Prostate, breast, colon or rectum, carcinoid
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A mixed mets is a combination of plastic and lytic features. What element is mc from the breast and occasionally the lung?
Ca
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What is the mc site of the spine is most effected by mets? | What is the name of the sign to indicate this destruction?
pedicle destruction mc in the Tsp | Winking owl sign or one eyed pedicle sign
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Name 2 DDX for winking owl sign.
Congenital, ABC, osteo-blastoma, osteoid osteoma, mets, myeloma (rare)
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What is the mc cause of ivory vertebrae?
Osteoblastic mets, Pagets, Hodgkins
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What is the mc cause of extra-pleural sign seen in the ribs and sternum?
osteolytic mets
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Neuroblastoma aka is what? | ITs the second mc abdominal ___ in children called ____.
Sympathicoblastoma | neoplasm, Wilms tumore mc

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