DIM Flashcards
(180 cards)
Osteochondroma
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Type: BBT
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Symptom : tender at the soft tissue d/t growing bone in the area
Detail : Most Common BBT of the appendicular skeleton
Can be the following:
-pedunculated ( Aka coat hanger ) ( aka cauliflower like ) ( looks like the
bone is growing away from the joint )
-Sesile ( growing like a round bulb)
- HME ( hereditary multiple exostosis ) ( having multiple of enchondromas
Management : Refer to orthopedist, Biopsy , CT scan, MRI
Location : Long bones Ap
Name Sign : looks like bone growing on and can clearly see where it ends and not
Unicameral Bone Cyst
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AKA : UBC, Simple Bone Cyst , SBC
Type : Benign bone tumor
Age : Less than 20 yo
Symptom : N/A
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Management : Refer to orthopedist, Biopsy , CT scan, MRI
Location : long bones, diaphysis/metaphysis area
: centrally located meaning it is in the middle of the long bone
Name Sign : Fall Fragment sign , fracture and some fragment went into the bone
: it looks like dark round inside the long bone in the middle
Benign bone tumor
There are 14
-Encapsulated ( see exactly where the boarders of the region is)
-Short zone of transition ( see exactly where the boarder of the region is)
-Geographic lesion ( clear where and not)
-incidental finding ( no pain / symptom )
-Management:
-Refer to orthopedist, Biopsy , CT scan, MRI
Osteochondroma
UBC
ABC
GCT
Chondroblastoma
Osteoid Osteoma
Brodie’s abscess
*Enchondroma
Hemangioma
Enostoma
Osteopoikilosis
Osteaoblastoma
Osteoma
Fibrous Dysplasia
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
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AKA : ABC
Type : BBT
Age : less than 20 yo
Symptom : N/A
Detail : Bone expansion more than SBC
Management : Refer to orthopedist, Biopsy , CT scan, MRI
Location : Diaphysis/metaphysis of long bones
Eccentrically meaning it is on the side of the lone bone
Name Sign : looks like lytic on the long bone but it is more on the left side than on the
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Giant Cell Tumor
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AKA : GCT
Type : BBT
Age : 20 - 40 yo
Symptom : N/A
Detail : 20% of the time is quasi malignant meaning not all but some can be malignant
Management : Refer to orthopedist, Biopsy , CT scan, MRI
Location : Epiphysis/Metaphysics
Name Sign : @@Soap bubble appearance ( saponaceous)@@
Chondroblastoma
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Type : BBT
Age : less than 20 yo
Symptom : N/A
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Management : refer to orthopedist, biopsy, CT scan, MRI
Location : epiphysis/metaphysis
Name Sign : soap bubble appearance( saponaceous )
Osteoid Osteoma
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Type : BBT
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Symptom : Night pain relieved by aspirin
Detail : tiny dot is the prostaglandinin/ tumor / white stuff is the reaction sclerosis
fighting off the tumor
: central nidus with severe sclerosis
Management : Refer to orthopedist, CT scan, MRI , Biopsy
Location : diaphysis
Name Sign : It looks like very blastic with a small lytic dot in the center
Brodie’s Abscess
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AKA : Chronic Osteomyelitis
Type : BBT
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Symptom : Night pain relieved by aspirin, Red , Hot , swollen, Fever
Detail : appears like Osteoid osteoma
: involcrum - new bone growth
: sequestrum - dead bone material
Management : Refer to Orthopedist,
Location : metaphysis
Name Sign : looks like something is starting to rot on the bone
Enchondroma
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Detail : Most Common BBT of the hands
: Ollier’s disease - multiple enchondromas
- may present with permanent deformity
- 10 to 50% rate of malignancy
: Maffuci’s syndrome : soft tissue calcification
Management : Refer to orthopedist, biopsy, CT scan,
MRI
Location : hands
Name Sign : Stippled appearance ( lots of dots )
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Hemangioma
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AKA : Vascular tumor
Type : BBT
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Detail : Most common BBT of the spine
: excess accumulation of blood vessels
: When there is 1 or 2 hemangioma it will still be
considered as hemangioma , but if there are 3, it
will be osteoperosis
Management : Refer to orthopedist , CT scan, MRI,
biopsy
Location : Spine , MC on the axial skeleton
Name Sign : Curduroy cloth appearance looks lytic with vertical lines on the vertebra
Enostoma
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Type : BBT
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Management : Refer to orthopedist, MRI, CT scan, Biopsy
Location : commonly seen in the pelvics but can be in the femur or ribs
Name Sign : Bone Island, looks like a blastic/radioopaque round circle.
Osteopoikilosis
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Type : BBT
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Detail : people might think that this is blastic metastatic but blastic mets does not usually go down the knees or elbows
Management : Refer to ortho, MRI, CT , Biopsy
Location : hands, pelvis, ribs, femur
Name Sign : Multiple bone islands
Osteoblastoma
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Type : BBT
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Symptom : painful scoliosis
Detail : Most common BBT to affect the neural arch (C1)
: Loves the posterior aspect of our spine, all except the vertebral body
Management : refer ortho, MRI, ct scan, biopsy, surgical surretage
Location : everything on posterior of spine, NOT THE BODY
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Osteoma
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Type : BBT
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Detail : Best seen on Caldwell projection ( X-ray view)
: Most common BBT to affect the skull,
Management : Refer to ortho, MRI , ct , biopsy
Location : skull, frontal sinus area
Name Sign : looks blastic in the frontal sinus
Fibrous dysplasia
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AKA : N/A
Type : BBT
Age : any age
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Detail : Bone being replaced by fibrous tissue
Tibia = saber shin deformity
Femur = Sheppards crook deformity
Monostotic form = 70% of the time
Polystotic form = 30% of the time
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Location : Tibia, Femur,
Name Sign : Makes bone appear lytic,
: YOU MUST see deformity in the bone
to diagnose as FD,
: Rind sign= looks like a round with outer
blastic and inner lytic
looking
: Ground glass=
: Coast of Maine = the cafe au lait ( skin
mark) border is sabog ( jagged)
Neurofibromatosis
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AKA : Von Recklinghausen’s disease (NF 1)
Type : Tumor of nerves
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Management : Refer to neurologist
Location : Spine
Name Sign : scoliosis, cervical kyphosis, posterior vertebral scalloping ( meaning instead of flat it is a bit curved ) with IVF enlargement, Cafe au liats ( coast of California)
Multiple Myeloma
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AKA : Plasmacytoma, Hematopoietic disease, Plasma cell sacroma
Type : Malignant
Age : Over 50
Symptom : Easy brusing, deep boring pain, worse at night
Detail : Most common primary malignancy of bone
Management : oncologist, CT , biopsy, Bone scan
Labs: M spike for IgG
: Elevated globulin, decreased albumin
: Bence- jones proteinuria
: ESR/ CRP
: Bone scan: COLD
@@: Normochromic normocytic anemia, Makes IGG@@
: Decreased : WBC = increase infection
Decreased Thrombocyes = easy bruising
Decreased Osteoblastic Activity = looks lytic no
bone growth
: Continue Osteoclastic activity
Location : Skull , Ribs, Pelvis, proximal humerus, femur,
VERTEBRAL BODIES only
Name Sign : Rain Drop skull
: Cannot eat the pedicle
: looks like a lot of lytic dots around the bone
marrow area
: Punched out lesions, Multiple dark
densities
Lytic Metastasis
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Type : Malignant
Age : Over 40
Symptom : deep boring pain, worse at night
Detail : Metastasis = Most common malignancy on bone
: spread through [L]ymph [L]ytic
: Increase osteoblastic activity which is why bone
scan is hot, but tumor spreads faster and
stronger
Management : oncologist , CT ,
Labs: Bone scan: hot
: Increased Alkaline phosphatase
Location : Skull, Spine
Name Sign : Turns bone to look darker
: It can affect the pedicle
: Cannot diff with MM unless in skull
: Swiss cheese skull
Hodgkin’s Disease
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Type : Malignant
Age : 20-40
Symptom : deep boring pain, worse at night
Detail : Unilateral hilarity lymphadenopathy in white
males see on P-A chest x-ray
Management : oncologist, CT, biopsy, bone scan
Labs: Biopsy = Reed Sternberg cells
Location : vertebra, chest
Name Sign : Ivory vertebra
: anterior body scalloping
Blastic Metastasis
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Type : malignant
Age : Over 40
Symptom : deep boring pain, worse at night
Detail : Metastasis is the most common malignancy of
bone
: Spread through [B]lood [B]lastic
Management : oncologist, CT , biopsy, bone scan
Labs: Increased alkaline phosphatase
: Bone scan: hot
Location : vertebral body
Name Sign : Ivory white vertebra
: No enlargement, no scalloping, no cortical
thickening,
: Can cause pathological fractures
Paget’s Disease
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AKA : Osteotitis deformans
Type : malignancy
Age : Over 50
Symptom : Bone pain, deep boring pain, worse at night
Detail : Stages: 1.) destructive or lytic
2.) lytic and blastic
3.) sclerotic healing - ivory vertebra
4.) malignant in this stage it becomes
osteosacroma
Management : Adjust above and below the affected
area IF NOT MALIGNANT meaning stage
1,2,3
: If not malignant , refer to rheumatologist,
endocrinologist
: if malignant, refer oncologist, Ct, Biopsy,
bone scan
Labs: Increased alkaline phosphatase
: Increased urinary hydroxyproline
: Bone scan: Hot
Location : Tibia, Femur, Skull, pelvis, vertebra
Name Sign : Saber shin deformity ( Tibia deformity)
: Sheppard’s crook deformity ( femur)
: Ivory white vertebra - enlargement-wider
: Picture frame vertebra
: Brim sign, unilateral or bilateral ( pelvis)
: Cotton wool appearance ( skull)
: Osteoporosis Circumscripta ( Large dark
lesion)
: Coarsened trabelulae- sheaves of wheat or
grain
: Basal invagination
Osteosacroma
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Type : malignant
Age : 10-30
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Detail : Most common malignancy in children
: stage 4 of pagets
Management : oncologist, CT, biopsy, bone scan
Labs: Increased Alkaline phosphatase
: Bone scan: hot
Location : diaphysis of long bone
Name Sign : Speculated / radiating / sunburst
appearance
: looks blastic that have spikes on the
diaphysis
Chondrosacroma & Fibrosacroma
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Type : malignant
Age : over 40 yo
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Detail : exact same as Osteosacoma but age is diff
Management : oncologist, CT, biopsy, bone scan
Labs: Increased alkaline phosphatase
Location : diaphysis of long bone
Name Sign : sunburst, radiating, speculated appearance
of diaphysis
Ewing’s sarcoma
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Type : malignant
Age : 10-25 yo
Symptom : red hot swollen
Detail : Increase density around lesion
Management : oncologist, bone scan, ct, biopsy
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Location : Common in diaphysis of long bone
Name Sign : multi parallel onion skin, type of periostea
reaction
: Liminated skin
: Codman triangle
: saucerization
: Bone expansion