Tumor/Infx Flashcards
MC location for enchondroma
Phalanges
Sharply delineated focus of active infx surrounded by eburnation
Brodie (Bone) abscess
aka for painless bilateral knee effusion in syphilitic children
Clutton joints
Which of the following is false regarding multiple myeloma
a. pedicles involved late in dz
b. periosteal new bone formation is rare
c. 30% of cases have normal MRI
d. Myeloma affects mandible rarely compared to mets
d. Mandible involvement MC in myeloma than mets
MC site of osteoma
Frontal sinus
Which is false regarding rad findings of osteofibrous dysplasia @ long tubular bones
a. lesions may be purely blastic
b. ground glass matrix is common’
c. involvement @ distal humerus is typical
d. osseous deformity may be exaggerated d/t path fx
C. involvement at prox humerus is mc
what is the radiographic latent period for spinal lesions?
3 weeks
MC skeletal location of simple bone cyst
Prox humerus
T/F: Mult myeloma @ appendicular skeleton likes the olecranon
true
T/F: enchondromas are mc in the lower extremity
false