Skull Flashcards

1
Q
Cortical thickening
Osteoporosis circumscripta
Spiculated periosteal reacion
Larger hat size
Cotton wool appearance
A

Paget’s

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2
Q

Swiss cheese appearance

Grossly unequal size holes

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Lytic mets

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3
Q

Rain drop skull
Holes similar in size
Punched out lesions

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Multiple myeloma - mm

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4
Q

Enlarged sella turcica - larger than eraser head - possible pituitary adenoma
Pituitary tumor

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Acromegaly

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5
Q

Case management acromegaly

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Refer to endocrinologist

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6
Q

Lab acromegaly

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Somatotropin (growth hormone)

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7
Q

Hair on end appearance
H shaped vertebrae in spine - collapse of vasculature
Shreds cappillaries
African or african american in nature

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Sickle cell anemia

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8
Q

Cooley’s anemia

Mediterranean anemia - people of mediterraean descent

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Thalessemia

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9
Q

Hereditary disorder of hemoglobin synthesis (microcytic hypochromic anemia)

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Thalessemia

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10
Q

Erlenmeyer flask deforimty - widened epiphysis, thinner diaphysis

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Thalessemia

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11
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Hair on end appearance in skull

Erlenmeyer flask deformity

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Thalessemia

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12
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Females 30-50

Overactivity of parathyroid gland causes calcium up in the blood and phosphorus down

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Hyperparathyroidism

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13
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HPT

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Hyperparathyroidism

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14
Q
Increased alkaline phosphatase
Renal calculi
Browns tumors
Salt and pepper skull
Rugger jersey spine
A

HPT

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15
Q

Metabolic

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All bones

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16
Q

central geographic osteopenia in bones

A

Brown tumors

17
Q

Hereditary
Absence of marrow
Anemia
Hepatosplenomegaly

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Osteopetrosis

18
Q
Bone within a bone (early)
Sandwich vertebrae (late)
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Osteopetrosis