VIQ - TEST PAPER 3 Flashcards
@# 2.All of the following are associations of Chiari II malformation, except
A. Dysgenesis of corpus callosum
B. Klippel-Feil deformity
C. Syringomyelia
D. Meningomyelocele
E. Tectal beaking
2.B. Klippel-Feil deformity
The hallmarks of Chiari II malformation include caudally displaced fourth ventricle (the fourthventricle is in normal position in Chiari 1 malformation), caudally displaced brain stem, and tonsillar or vermian herniation through the foramen magnum.
Associations include lumbar myelomeningocele, syringohydromyelia, dysgenesis of the corpus callosum, obstructive hydrocephalus, absent septum pellucidum and excess cortical gyration.
It is not associated with any of the bony abnormalities described in Chiari I malformation, like basilar impression, occipitalization of the atlas, platybasia and Klippel-Feil anomaly.
@# 5. Skeletal survey is indicated as an investigation for all of the following, except
A. Eosinophilic granuloma
B. Multiple myeloma
C. Non-accidental injury
D. Skeletal metastasis
E. Suspected skeletal dysplasia
- D. Skeletal metastasis
Eosinophilic granuloma is associated with Langerhans cell histiocytosis and is an indication for a skeletal survey, along with multiple myeloma and non-accidental injury. Skeletal surveys are never performed for skeletal metastasis.
Radiological evaluation of skeletal dysplasia often starts with a skeletal survey for several non-lethal skeletal dysplasia.
@# 9. A 43-year-old woman currently on treatment for Crohn’s disease needs to have her medication reviewed following the recommendation of the MDT. The gastroenterologist wants to perform a CT enterography to assess her disease status and response to treatment prior to the medication review. Which one of the following CT signs suggests inactive Crohn’s disease?
A. Increased mesenteric fat attenuation
B. Mesenteric fibro-fatty proliferation
C. Target sign
D. A non-enhancing thickened bowel wall
E. Comb sign
- B. Mesenteric fibro-fatty proliferation
The main diagnostic purpose of CT enterography in the setting of Crohn’s disease is to differentiate active inflammatory strictures from fibrotic strictures in order to guide therapy.
CT features of active Crohn’s disease include mucosal hyperenhancement, wall thickening (thickness >3 mm), mural stratification with a prominent vasa recta (comb sign) and mesenteric fat stranding, all of which are exquisitely demonstrated at CT enterography.
The capability of CT enterography to depict extra-enteric disease allows the simultaneous diagnosis of complications associated with Crohn’s disease, such as obstruction, sinus tract, fistula and abscess formation.
Mural enhancement is the most sensitive indicator of active Crohn’s disease.
Care should be taken to compare bowel loops with similar distention, since both the jejunum and normal collapsed loops may demonstrate regions of higher attenuation, simulating enhancement.
Inadequately distended bowel loops may be difficult to assess, and secondary signs of active disease, such as mesenteric fat stranding, vasa recta prominence or complications such as fistulas and abscesses should be sought to maximise the accuracy of a diagnosis of active disease.
Prominence of the vasa recta adjacent to the inflamed loop of bowel (comb sign), along with increased mesenteric fat attenuation, is (he most specific CT feature of active Crohn’s disease.
Findings that might be seen in inactive long standing Crohn’s disease include submucosal fat deposition, pseudosacculation, surrounding fibro-fatty proliferation and fibrotic strictures.
@# 11. A 30-year-old woman is struck over the right cheek during an altercation with another woman. There is bruising and swelling, and a fracture is suspected. What view is the best for demonstrating a zygomatic arch fracture?
A. Townes view
B. Submentovertex view
C. Swimmer’s view
D. Occipitomental view 45 degrees
E. Occipitomental view 30 degrees
- B. Submentovertex view’
The submentovertex (SMV) view, also called the bucket-handle view, shows fractures of the zygomatic arch best.
Townes and occipitomental views are for skull and facial bone fractures.
Swimmer’s view is for viewing the cervico-thoracic junction
@# 13. When can you see the radiographic changes of fat embolism on a chest X-ray?
- A. No Yes No
The chest radiographic appearance of fat embolism syndrome is non specific. Normal radiographs can also be seen. Most patients presenting with a normal initial radiograph develop radiographic- evident abnormalities within 72 hours of injury, and most cases show radiographic resolution within 2 weeks of hospitalisation.
@# 15. A 53-year-old woman with a long-standing history of known Crohn’s disease is referred for a CT enterography for assessment of disease status. Which one of the following statements regarding the CT evaluation of Crohn’s disease is true?
A. Perianal disease is uncommon
B. A thickened hyperenhancing bowel wall is a sign of active disease
C. Mural stratification implies perforation in the bowel wall
D. The comb sign is a specific sign
E. Perienteric stranding is a specific sign
- B. A thickened hyperenhancing bowel wall is a sign of active disease.
The main diagnostic purpose of CT enterography in the setting of Crohn’s disease is to differentiate active inflammatory strictures from fibrotic strictures in order to guide therapy.
CT features of active Crohn’s disease include mucosal hyperenhancement, wall thickening (thickness >3 mm), mural stratification with a prominent vasa recta (comb sign) and mesenteric fat stranding, all of which are exquisitely demonstrated at CT enterography.
The capability of CT enterography to depict extra-enteric disease allows the simultaneous diagnosis of complications associated with Crohn’s disease, such as obstruction, sinus tract, fistula and abscess formation.
Mural enhancement is the most sensitive indicator of active Crohn’s disease.
The term mural stratification denotes the visualisation of bowel wall layers at CT. At CT enterography, the oedematous bowel wall has a trilaminar appearance, with enhanced outer serosal and inner mucosal layers and an interposed submucosal layer of lower attenuation. However, this feature is not specific to Crohn’s disease; it is seen also in other inflammatory bowel diseases and even in some cases of bowel ischaemia.
Prominence of the vasa recta adjacent to the inflamed loop of bowel (comb sign) along with increased mesenteric fat attenuation, is the most specific CT feature of active Crohn’s disease.
Findings that might be seen in inactive long standing Crohn’s disease include submucosal fat deposition, pseudosacculation, surrounding fibro-fatty proliferation and fibrotic strictures.
Perianal disease is common in Crohn’s disease.
@#1 16. A young woman with polycystic ovarian disease is currently under the transplant team, being reviewed and worked up for potential renal transplantation. Regarding renal transplantation, all of the following are true, except
A. US kidney, CT angiography and plain abdominal film provide similar information to MR angiography and MR urography.
B. Pelvicalyceal duplication precludes kidney donation.
C. Twenty percent of kidneys have accessory arterial supply.
D. Right kidney is placed in the left iliac fossa because it is easier technically.
E. Carrel patch is used only for cadaveric kidney.
- B. Pelvicalyceal duplication precludes kidney donation.
The aims of preoperative evaluation of living related donors are to show that the donor will retain a normal kidney after unilateral nephrectomy, to demonstrate that the kidney to be transplanted has no major abnormality, and to outline the vascular anatomy.
US assesses the parenchyma, CT angiogram shows the arterial and venous anatomy, and the plain film demonstrates the pelvicalyceal system. MR angiography and MR urography provide similar information.
Conditions that do not preclude donation include pelvicalyceal duplication, solitary renal cyst, unilateral mild reflux nephropathy and only one scar.
In the case of unilateral duplication, the contralateral kidney is donated.
Twenty percent of kidneys have accessory arterial supply.
Kidneys with multiple arterial supply are more likely to have vascular complications.
The transplanted kidney is placed extraperitoneally in the iliac fossa; usually the right kidney is placed in the left iliac fossa because the vascular anastomosis is easier.
When a cadaveric kidney is used, an aortic patch (Carrel patch) is removed with the renal artery.
@#1 17. A 25-year-old man presents with progressive increase in knee pain. Plain films show features of osteoarthrosis with increased soft-tissue swelling and density. An MRI shows diffuse low signal on T2W images to the synovium of the knee on the background of large joint effusion. What is the likely diagnosis?
A. Amyloid arthropathy
B. Haemophilic arthropathy
C. PVNS
D. Primary synovial osteochondromatosis
E. Rapidly destructive articular disease
- B. Haemophilic arthropathy
Radiographic findings vary greatly with the different stages of haemophilic arthropathy (acute, subacute or chronic haemarthrosis) and reflect the presence of haemarthrosis (joint effusion), synovial inflammation and hyperaemia (osteoporosis and epiphyseal overgrowth), chondral erosions and subchondral resorption (osseous erosions and cysts), cartilaginous denudation (joint space narrowing), intraosseous or subperiosteal haemorrhage (pseudotumours) and osseous proliferation (sclerosis and osteophytosis).
Some abnormalities of osseous shape, such as widening of the intercondylar notch, flattening of the condylar surface or squaring of the patella, are very characteristic of chronic haemarthrosis of the knee.
At MR imaging, hypertrophied synovial membrane resulting from repetitive haemarthrosis has characteristic low signal intensity with all pulse sequences, especially with gradient echo sequences, due to the magnetic susceptibility effect caused by haemosiderin.
As in pigmented villonodular synovitis, the signal intensity of the subarticular defects varies and may indicate the presence of fluid (high signal intensity on T2-weighted images), soft tissue (intermediate signal intensity) or synovial tissue with haemosiderin (low signal intensity).
Rapidly destructive articular disease is an unusual form of osteoarthritis that typically involves the hip. The disease is almost always unilateral, but bilateral lesions and involvement of shoulder have also been reported. Serial radiographs show progressive loss of joint space and loss of subchondral bone in the femoral head and acetabulum, resulting in marked flattening and deformity of the femoral head (‘hatchet’ deformity). Superolateral subluxation of the femoral head or intrusion deformity within the ilium can be observed. Most cases demonstrate subchondral defects and mild sclerosis. However, osteophytes are small or absent.
@#e 20. All of the following are causes of lower zone fibrosis, except
A. Amiodarone
B. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
C. Asbestosis
D. Ankylosing spondylitis
E. Neurofibromatosis I
- D. Ankylosing spondylitis
Causes of lower zone fibrosis include asbestosis, aspiration, cryptogenic alveolitis (IPF), neurofibromatosis I and tuberous sclerosis; connective tissue diseases like RA, scleroderma and SLE; and drug toxicity to substances like amiodarone and nitrofurantoin.
@# 21. All of the following are true for neurocysticercosis, except
A. There arc four recognised stages on CT/MR.
B. The granular nodular stage is not associated with oedema.
C. The vesicular stage does not show any oedema.
D. The vesicular stage shows a nodule with a ‘hole with dot’ appearance.
E. Colloidal stage shows an avid ring-enhancing capsule.
- B. The granular nodular stage is not associated with oedema.
Neurocysticercosis has been classified into active and non active forms on the basis of clinical presentation, results of CSF analysis and imaging findings.
The active forms include arachnoiditis with or without ventricular obstruction and vasculitis with or without infarction.
On the basis of radiologic findings, neurocysticercosis is divided into five stages: non-cystic, vesicular, colloidal vesicular, granular nodular and calcified nodular. Of these, all the stages apart from the first (non cystic stage) arc visible on CT/MRI.
Vesicular stage: Cyst signal intensity similar to that of CSF on T1-weighted and T2-weighted images; cyst wall is well defined and thin, with little or no enhancement on gadolinium enhanced images; scolex (hole with dot appearance); iso- or hypointense relative to white matter on T1-weighted images; iso- to hyperintense relative to white matter on T2-weighted images; best seen on PD-weighted images.
Colloidal vesicular stage: Cyst contents are hyperintense on T1-weighted and T2-weighted images (proteinaceous fluid), cyst wall is thick and hypointense, pericystic oedema (best seen on FLAIR), pericystic enhancement on gadolinium-enhanced images.
Granular nodular stage: Similar to the colloidal vesicular stage but with more oedema, thicker ring enhancement.
Calcified nodular stage: Hypointense nodules, no oedema, no enhancement.
@#1 25. A 2-year-old girl with headache shows a large cyst in the posterior fossa with communicating hydrocephalus; bone windows reveal scalloping of the petrous pyramids. What is the likely diagnosis?
A. Dandy-Walker malformation
B. Dandy-Walker variant
C. Astrocytoma
D. Haemangioblastoma
E. Chiari malformation
- A. Dandy-Walker malformation
The characteristic triad of the Dandy Walker malformation includes (1) complete or partial agenesis of the vermis, (2) cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle and (3) an enlarged posterior fossa with upward displacement of the lateral sinuses, tentorium and torcula. The triad is usually associated with hydrocephalus (most common presentation 80%), but this condition should be considered a common complication and not as pan of the malformation itself. Depending on the degree of hydrocephalus, the age at diagnosis varies from the neonatal period to later childhood.
The skull is enlarged, with characteristic thinning and bulging of the occiput. Pressure from the massively dilated fourth ventricle, along with cerebrospinal fluid pulsations, causes erosive scalloping of the occiput and petrous temporal bones.
The cerebellar hemispheres are typically hypoplastic, and in extreme cases only a small nubbin of compressed cerebellar tissue is identified contiguous laterally with the wall of the posterior fossa cyst. Anomalies of the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries, especially absence of the inferior vermian branches and absence of the inferior vermian vein, help in the angiographic differentiation of a Dandy-Walker cyst from an arachnoid cyst, in which the vessels are displaced but present.
The Dandy-Walker variant is used to describe a cystic posterior fossa malformation with varying degrees of agenesis of the vermis associated with expansion (often considerable) of the fourth ventricle, which communicates freely with the perimedullary subarachnoid space.
@#1 28. An adolescent with growth disturbance presents with a visual difficulty. A non-calcified, thin-walled cyst with no enhancement is seen in the intrasellar region on MRI.
Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Craniopharyngioma
B. Macroadenoma
C. Epidermoid
D. Rathke cleft cyst
E. Metastasis
- D. Rathke cleft cyst
Rathke cleft cysts are benign cystic sellar lesions that are generally asymptomatic, but they may be associated with hypopituitarism, visual disturbance and headache. At MR imaging, Rathke cleft cysts have a variable Tl signal, depending on the protein concentration. Cysts with high protein content demonstrate high Tl signal and usually low intracystic water content that leads to T2 signal decrease. Thus, typical Rathke cleft cysts appear as non-enhancing well demarcated intrasellar rounded lesions located exactly at the midline between the anterior and posterior pituitary lobes. The cysts have a homogeneously hyperintense Tl signal and, often, a hypointense T2 signal. Axial images are crucial for identifying the specific location and characteristic kidney shape of a Rathke cleft cyst.
The presence of fluid-fluid level or haemorrhagic debris in an intrasellar lesion suggests a pituitary adenoma, because a Rathke deft cyst almost never bleeds.
Craniopharyngioma typically appears as intrasellar or suprasellar heterogeneously enhancing lesions with a tripartite structure of solid, calcified and cystic components. They are difficult to distinguish from pituitary adenoma, although the fluid fluid level is more likely to suggest a pituitary adenoma.
@#1 30. A 25-year-old man has injured his knee. Sagittal T2W MRI sequences show a double posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) sign. Which of the following is the most likely injury?
A. Ruptured PCL
B. Bucket-handle tear of meniscus
C. Osteochondral fragmentation
D. Radial tear of meniscus
F. . Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
- B. Bucket-handle tear of meniscus
Bucket-handle tears of the meniscus involve displacement of the free edge of the meniscus into the intercondylar notch. The free edge can be seen adjacent to the PCL on sagittal images giving a double PCL sign. On coronal imaging, the meniscal fragment is displaced medially. A radial mcniscal tear manifests as a linear collection of high signal in the meniscus that extends to the superior or inferior articular surfaces. Rupture of the ACL or PCL results in the ligament losing die normal position and morphology but not a double PCL sign. When assessing the PCL, be aware that the ligaments of Humphrey and Wrisberg can give the impression of a tear to the inexperienced eye. These ligaments are extensions of the meniscofemoral ligament; the ligament of Humphrey passes anterior to the PCL and the ligament of Wrisberg posteriorly.
@#1 32. A 67-year-old woman with systemic amyloidosis diagnosed on rectal biopsy presents to her GP with progressive central abdominal pain, bloating, and abdominal distension. All of the following are abnormalities due to amyloid infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract, except
A. Jejunization of the ileum
B. Macroglossia
C. Gastroesophageal reflux
D. Diffuse nodular wall thickening in small bowel
E. Colonic dilatation due to adynamic ileus
- A. ‘Jejunisation’ of the ileum
In both primary and secondary amyloidosis, the most commonly involved organ system is the gastrointestinal system, with the colon being the most frequently involved organ. Oesophageal and gastric involvement usually manifests as dysmotility, wall thickening and gastroesophageal reflux disease. This results from amyloid infiltration of the muscularis and/or destruction of the Auerbach plexus. When the small intestine is involved, the most common finding is diffuse or nodular wall thickening. Abdominal pain, malabsorption and haemorrhage are rare complications. Colonic biopsy specimens are positive in 80% of patients with systemic amyloidosis.
Contrary to the high pathologic specificity, radiologic findings are rare and non-specific.
The most common finding is colonic dilatation owing to adynamic ileus and more rarely bowel wall thickening. Even more rarely, intramural bowel haemorrhage or perforation can occur.
Splenomegaly is the only finding associated with splenic involvement This causes increased fragility, and spontaneous rupture can ensue with life threatening consequences. The liver is also commonly involved, but radiologic signs are also non-specific. Diffuse infiltration is the rule, which causes decreased attenuation at CT and hepatomegaly.
Macroglossia can also result from amyloid infiltration of the intrinsic muscles. Jejunisation of the ileum can be seen with coeliac disease.
@#1 33. A 44-year-old man with a painful right index finger and positive Love’s test undergoes a plain film study, which shows extrinsic erosion involving the terminal phalanx with a preserved sclerotic rim. There is no definite history of previous injury to the index finger. MRI is performed for further characterisation, which shows a homogenously high-signal lesion on T2W images in a subungual location. What is your diagnosis?
A. Epidermoid inclusion cyst
B. Glomus tumour
C. Implantation dermoid cyst
D. Soft-tissue component of osteosarcoma
E. Giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath
- B. Glomus tumour
A glomus tumour is a hamartoma arising from the glomus body within the dermis of the finger. The subungual position is characteristic of the lesion, which results in extrinsic erosion of the adjacent terminal phalanx. The tumour can also occur entirely within bone, although this is less common. It exhibits intense high T2 signal with avid contrast enhancement as it is a highly vascular lesion.
Epidermoid inclusion cysts, otherwise known as implantation dermoid cysts, are associated with a history of penetrating trauma.
A giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath lies in close relation to the tendon and does not exhibit such intense T2 signal.
The description is not compatible with a soft-tissue osteosarcoma.
@#1 34. A 66-year-old man with a palpable mass in the left loin and painless haematuria undergoes a staging CT of the abdomen for renal cell carcinoma. The staging CT shows a 6 cm heterogeneous, solid left renal mass with direct extension into the perinephric fat. Tumour mass is seen in the left renal vein extending into the IVC, but this is confined to below the level of the diaphragm. What is the T stage?
A. T1
B. T2
C. T3a
D. T3b
E. T3c
- D. T3b
T-stage
T1a: Limited to kidney, <4 cm
T1b: Limited to kidney, >4 cm but <7 cm
T2a: Limited to kidney, >7 cm but not more than 10 cm
T2b: Limited to kidney, >10 cm
T3a: Spread to perinephric fat
T3b: Spread to renal vein or IVC below diaphragm
T3c: Spread to supra diaphragmatic I VC or invades the wall of the IVC
T4: Involves ipsilateral adrenal gland or invades beyond Gerota’s fascia
N-stage
N0: No nodal involvement N1: Metastasis to one regional lymph node(s)
M-stage
M0: No distant metastases M1: Distant metastases
@#e 37. A middle-aged man presents with easy fatigability. CT shows an anterior mediastinal mass with areas of calcifications, invading the mediastinal structures. There are multiple small pleural masses. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Thymoma
B. Thymic lipoma
C. Lymphoma
D. Teratoma
E. Asbestosis
- A. Thymoma
Thymomas are classified as encapsulated, infiltrative and metastasising, with pulmonary and pleural deposits and thymic carcinoma. Half the thymomas are asymptomatic and 30% are associated with myasthenia gravis.
At CT a benign thymoma appears round, oval or lobulated. Focal calcification is seen in 25%, which may be dense, irregular or coarse. Benign thymomas show mild homogenous enhancement; cystic changes are also described. Invasive thymoma are heterogeneous in appearance; pericardial and pleural nodules suggest malignancy. Egg-shell calcification is described in invasive thymoma. Absent fat planes between thymoma and mediastinum does not necessarily reflect invasion.
@#1 42. A 7-year-old boy presents with acute scrotum. Which one of the following features on ultrasound is more suggestive of a diagnosis other than testicular torsion?
A. Abnormal testicular texture
B. Testicular swelling
C. Coded spermatic cord
D. Scrotal wall oedema
E. Decreased or absent blood flow
- D. Scrotal wall oedema
Differential diagnosis of acute scrotum includes testicular torsion (the most important differential) along with torsion of the testicular appendix, epididymitis and epididymo-orchitis. US (including the use of Doppler imaging) plays a vital role in distinguishing between these diagnoses. All of the above features can be seen in testicular torsion, along with such findings as epididymal enlargement and hydrocoele. However, scrotal wall oedema is the only one of these findings that is more commonly seen with alternative causes of acute scrotum than it is with acute testicular torsion. Decreased or absent blood flow is considered the most important finding, although torsion is not excluded if there is normal or increased blood flow, which may occur after spontaneous detorsion.
@#1 45. A 27-year-old woman is complaining of lower abdominal pain localised to the left iliac fossa. A CT scan raises a suspicion of epiploic appendagitis. All of the following statements about epiploic appendagitis are true, except
A. Treatment is usually medical.
B. It can mimic acute appendicitis or diverticulitis.
C. It is usually associated with change in bowel habits.
D. Most patients have normal inflammatory markers.
E. The most common site of appendagitis is adjacent to the sigmoid colon.
- C. It is usually associated with change in bowel habits
The condition most commonly manifests in the fourth to fifth decades of life, predominantly in men. With diagnosis based on clinical manifestations alone, acute epiploic appendagitis is misdiagnosed in the majority of patients. Clinically, acute epiploic appendagitis manifests with acute onset of pain, most often in the left lower quadrant, and this symptom often leads to its being mistaken for acute diverticulitis. Unlike acute epiploic appendagitis, acute diverticulitis is more likely to manifest with evenly distributed lower abdominal pain and to be associated with nausea, fever and leucocytosis. Although most patients with acute epiploic appendagitis do not report any change in their bowel habits, a minority experience constipation or diarrhoea.
Most patients with acute epiploic appendagitis have a normal white blood cell count and body temperature. CT images from less than 8% of patients evaluated for exclusion of sigmoid diverticulitis or appendicitis show features of primary acute epiploic appendagitis. When acute epiploic appendagitis involves the cecum or ascending colon, it may be mistaken clinically for acute appendicitis.
The most common sites of acute epiploic appendagitis, in order of decreasing frequency, are areas adjacent to the sigmoid colon, the descending colon and the right hemicolon.
@#1 46. A 35 year old man undergoing a plain abdominal X-ray in the A&E department reveals multiple punctuate areas of calcification over both renal areas. Review of the notes reveals a history of upper GI endoscopy and previous psychiatric consultations. Which of the following are you going to suggest in your report?
A. Urology referral and check of serum TSH levels
B. Urology referral and check of serum parathyroid hormone levels
C. Urology referral and check of serum alkaline phosphatase
D. Urology referral and check of serum LDH
E. Urology referral and check of serum calcitonin levels
- B. Urology referral and check of serum parathyroid hormone levels.
The most common clinical manifestations of hyperparathyroidism include renal stones and nephrocalcinosis, high blood pressure, acute arthropathy (CPPD), osteoporosis, peptic ulcer, acute pancreatitis, proximal muscle weakness, depression and confusional state (often described in medical text books as ‘stones, groans and moans’). It is diagnosed by raised serum parathormone levels.
Serum TSH levels are related to hyper- and hypothyroidism.
Calcitonin is typically raised in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid.
Serum alkaline phosphatase is a nonspecific enzyme marker, which is raised, in several inflammatory, metabolic and malignant conditions.
LDH is also a non-specific enzyme marker, raised in heart disease and myositis.
@#1 48. A 2-year-old boy presents with bowing of the left leg. There is no history’ of trauma and the right leg appears normal. Standing anteroposterior radiography is performed. This shows a varus deformity of the left knee with fragmentation of the posteromedial tibial metaphysis and absence of the medial epiphysis. The right leg appears radiographically normal and bony density is preserved throughout. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
A. Neurofibromatosis
B. Blount disease
C. Congenital bowing
D. Developmental bowing
E. Osteogenesis imperfecta
- B. Blount disease
All of the answers can lead to leg bowing in paediatric groups. However, the description is that of Blount disease, otherwise known as tibia vara. This is a common condition that is unilateral or asymmetrical and is thought to arise as a result of abnormal stress (such as obesity and walking at an early age) on the posteromedial proximal tibial physis. There are three types: infantile (the most common), juvenile and adolescent. Anteroposterior radiography of both legs is necessary.
Neurofibromatosis may cause anterolateral tibial bowing, possibly with fibular hypoplasia, and one or both bones may fracture to give a pseudarthrosis. Developmental or physiological bowing is where there is exaggeration of varus angulation between the ages of 12 and 24 months, which again may be caused by obesity or early walking. There is metaphyseal beaking but no fragmentation, and it is usually symmetrical and bilateral.
Congenital bowing is usually convex posteromedially (unlike neurofibromatosis). Marked dorsiflexion of the foot is evident at birth, as this condition is thought to arise from an abnormal intrauterine position. Radiography shows thickening of the cortex of the concavity of the curvature.
Osteogenesis imperfecta causes bowing of multiple long bones as a result of osteoporotic softening and fractures; hence bone density reduction and bilateral bowing would be more likely.
@#1 52. The following are true regarding hyperparathyroidism, except
A. Brown tumours are more common in the primary form.
B. Soft-tissue calcification is typically associated with the secondary form.
C. Chondrocalcinosis is more common in the primary form.
D. Osteosclerosis is more common in the primary form.
E. Bone resorption is equally seen in both primary and secondary conditions.
- D. Osteosclerosis is more common in the primary form.
Osteosclerosis, as seen in the rugger jersey spine, is associated with the secondary form of hyperparathyroidism from chronic renal failure. The rest of the statements are true. In summary, the radiological findings, which are more associated with the primary form, include Brown tumours, subperiosteal bone resorption, soft-tissue calcification (although less common than in the secondary forms), and chondrocalcinosis. The findings for secondary hyperparathyroidism include subperiosteal bone resorption, osteosclerosis and soft-tissue calcification.