TERMS Flashcards

1
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softening of bone; growth disturbances in pediatric patients

vitamin D deficiency

A

osteomalacic disease

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2
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more commonly found in children causing growth disturbances 
-congenital:
Vit D resistant rickets
Fanconi's syndrome
Renal tubular acidosis 
-acquired:
pyelonephritis, AGN
immune glomerulo-tubular nephritis
A

renal syndromes

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3
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linear areas of under-mineralized osteoid typically resulting in insufficiency fractures, classically bilateral and symmetric

A

looser’s zones

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4
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costochondral junctions

A

rachitic rosary

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5
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widening and increased density of zone of calcification

A

white line of scurvy

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6
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marginal spurring

A

pelkin sign

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7
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atrophic line

initially present only at margins?

A

truemmerfeld zone

corner (park) sign

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halo epiphysis, hyper intense zone of provisional calcinosis occurring around epiphysis appearing as ringed epiphyses or halo epiphyses

A

wimberger’s sign

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