Skull Flashcards
Cortical thickening Osteoporosis circumscripta Spiculated periosteal reacion Larger hat size Cotton wool appearance
Paget’s
Swiss cheese appearance
Grossly unequal size holes
Lytic mets
Rain drop skull
Holes similar in size
Punched out lesions
Multiple myeloma - mm
Enlarged sella turcica - larger than eraser head - possible pituitary adenoma
Pituitary tumor
Acromegaly
Case management acromegaly
Refer to endocrinologist
Lab acromegaly
Somatotropin (growth hormone)
Hair on end appearance
H shaped vertebrae in spine - collapse of vasculature
Shreds cappillaries
African or african american in nature
Sickle cell anemia
Cooley’s anemia
Mediterranean anemia - people of mediterraean descent
Thalessemia
Hereditary disorder of hemoglobin synthesis (microcytic hypochromic anemia)
Thalessemia
Erlenmeyer flask deforimty - widened epiphysis, thinner diaphysis
Thalessemia
Hair on end appearance in skull
Erlenmeyer flask deformity
Thalessemia
Females 30-50
Overactivity of parathyroid gland causes calcium up in the blood and phosphorus down
Hyperparathyroidism
HPT
Hyperparathyroidism
Increased alkaline phosphatase Renal calculi Browns tumors Salt and pepper skull Rugger jersey spine
HPT
Metabolic
All bones