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What is another term for incomplete fractures?

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Green stick fractures

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Incomplete fractures are more common among what group of people?

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Children

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What is the term for an open fracture that ruptures the skin?

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Compound fracture

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What is a risk with compound fractures?

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Infections

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What is the type of fracture where the overlying tissue remains intact?

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Closed fracture

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What is the term for a fragmented or splintered fracture?

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Comminuted

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What type of fracture has a distal segment that is malaligned?

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Displaced fracture

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What is another name for a displaced fracture?

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Nightstick fracture

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What are examples of things that can cause pathological fractures?

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Bone cyst, tumor, brown tumor

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What is a stress fracture?

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Fractures that develop slowly over time due to repetitive injury

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What is the most common location of stress fractures?

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Lower legs and feet

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At what time after a fracture is the bony callus revealed and casts are typically taken off?

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6-8 weeks

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Can stress fractures be visible on X-rays?

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No; microfractures occur

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What is another term for avascular necrosis (AVN)?

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Osteonecrosis

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What causes the bony necrosis with AVN?

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Ischemia

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What is the most common cause of AVN?

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Vascular disruption via fracture

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What makes AVN worse?

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Time, physical activity, pathological fracture

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What areas are largely affected by AVN?

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Subchondral areas of hip, knee, shoulder, wrist, ankle (large round joints)

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Possible collapse with AVN creates a risk for what condition?

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Osteoarthritis

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What is “creeping substitution” seen with AVN?

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Eventual new bone growth can occur over the damaged area

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What is the most common form of osteomyelitis?

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Acute

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What condition is known as “bone-marrow-inflammation”?

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Osteomyelitis

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What is specifically infected in osteomyelitis?

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Bone marrow

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What is the most common mode of infection with osteomyelitis?

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Hematogenous (sepsis)

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What destroys the bone in osteomyelitis?
Leukocytes
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What are other modes of infection for osteomyelitis besides the most common one?
Adjacent infection or traumatic implantation
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What are signs and symptoms of osteomyelitis?
Acute fever, intense malaise, throbbing pain
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What is usually the bacterial cause of osteomyelitis?
Pyogenic bacteria
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Can the single microbe be found as the cause of osteomyelitis all of the time?
No; 50% of the time we are unable to identify the agent
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What is the most common pyogenic bacteria to cause osteomyelitis?
Staphylococcus aureus
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What are the most common pyogenic bacteria to cause osteomyelitis in neonates?
E. coli and group B streptococci
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What is the most common pyogenic bacteria to cause osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell anemia?
Salmonella spp
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How is osteomyelitis diagnosed?
Radiography, biopsy, blood culture
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In pyogenic osteomyelitis, what is the reactive woven/lamellar bone that surrounds the infected bone called?
Involucrum
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In pyogenic osteomyelitis, what is that dead bone seen at the site of infection?
Sequestrum
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In pyogenic osteomyelitis, what is the ruptured periosteum that leads to an abscess in the surrounding soft tissue?
Draining sinus
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What is another name for tuberculous osteomyelitis?
Skeletal TB
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Skeletal TB occurs in what percentage of overall TB cases?
3%
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Caseous granulomas are seen among which osseous condition?
Skeletal TB (tuberculous osteomyelitis)
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What is the most common form of spread in tuberculous osteomyelitis?
Hematogenous (other form would be lymphatics)
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What is Pott disease?
Tuberculous osteomyelitis that has ended up in the spinal column
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Which is more common: secondary or primary bone tumors?
Secondary
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What six factors indicate a larger risk of a bone tumor being the cause of low back pain?
50 years of age or older, history of cancer, unexplained weight loss, failure to improve after a month of conservative care, unrelieved with bed rest, and pain duration longer than one month
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What is fibrous dysplasia?
Arrested development of bone resulting in a benign lesion (failure of bone differentiation)
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McCune-Albright syndrome is part of what category of fibrous dysplasia?
Polystotic + café-au-lait spots & endocrinopathy
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What category of fibrous dysplasia is most commonly represented?
Monostotic (70%)
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What is the age range of monostotic fibrous dysplasia?
10-30
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What is the typical location of monostotic fibrous dysplasia?
Ribs, femur, tibia, jawbones, calvaria, humerus
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What category of fibrous dysplasia is asymptomatic and results in minimal bony distortion or enlargement?
Monostotic
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Does polystotic fibrous dysplasia have any endocrinopathy?
No
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When does polystotic fibrous dysplasia typically develop?
Late childhood and adolescence (earlier than monostotic)
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Craniofacial involvement is present in about half of the cases of which category of fibrous dysplasia?
Polystotic
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The "ground glass" appearance on X-ray is characteristic of what bone condition?
Fibrous dysplasia
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How can you distinguish Paget's disease from fibrous dysplasia on X-ray?
Fibrous dysplasia tends to be focused on the proximal region of the bone, while Paget's disease is throughout the entire bone
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What is the treatment for fibrous dysplasia?
Excision, othropedic hardware
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McCune-Albright syndrome is more common among what gender?
Females
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What types of endocrine hyperfunction is associated with McCune-Albright syndrome?
Hyperthyroidism, pituitary adenoma, and adrenal hyperplasia
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What usually prompts the evaluation leading to McCune-Albright syndrome?
Precocious puberty
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Are the skin and bony lesions of McCune-Albright Syndrome commonly unilateral or bilateral?
Unilateral
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What is PNET?
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor
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What causes Ewing sarcoma or PNET?
Translocations of genetic bits of information
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"Small round cell tumors of bone" is associated with what bone condition?
Ewing sarcoma or PNET
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What is the appearance of the cells involved with an Ewing sarcoma?
Highly primitive and undifferentiated
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What is the second most common pediatric bone cancer (#1 osteosarcoma)?
Ewing sarcoma
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What is the difference between Ewing sarcoma and PNET?
PNET has some neural differentiation while Ewing sarcoma is virtually completely undifferentiated
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What is the most common age range of Ewing sarcoma and PNET?
10-20
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What race is more likely to be affected by Ewing sarcoma or PNET?
Caucasians (9X)
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What gender is at a greater risk for Ewing sarcoma and PNET?
Males
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What is the most common location of bone for Ewing sarcoma or PNET?
Femur
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What effect does an Ewing sarcoma or PNET mimic?
That of infection: pyrexia, leukocytosis, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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"Onion-skinning" appearance of the periosteum is associated with what bone condition?
Ewing sarcoma
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What percentage of patients with Ewing sarcoma or PNET end up with complete remission?
50%
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Ewing sarcoma can sometimes mimic what other bone condition?
Osteosarcoma
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Homer-Wright pseudo rosettes are associated with what bone condition?
PNET
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What is the age range for giant-cell tumors of bone (GCT)?
20-40
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What is the most common location for giant-cell tumors of bone?
Knee
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What type of bone condition produces arthritis like pain, is osteolytic, and is painful?
Giant-cell tumor of bone
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What is the most common location of metastasis for a giant-cell tumor of bone, although it rarely metastasizes?
Lungs
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The "soap bubble" appearance on X-ray is associated with which bone condition?
Giant-cell tumor of bone
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What types of cancer may spread to bone?
Any
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What is the metastatic pathway of sarcomas?
Hematogenous
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What is the metastatic pathway of carcinomas?
Lymphatic
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What is the most common type of secondary metastasis to bone?
Mixed- both osteoblastic and osteolytic
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What part of the skeleton is the most common location for secondary metastasis of bone?
Axial skeleton
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Why is the axial skeleton the most common location for secondary metastasis to bone?
Heavy bone marrow
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What are the most common forms of secondary metastasis to bone in adults?
Prostate (blastic), breast (lytic), lung
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What are the most common forms of secondary metastasis to bone in children?
Neuroblastoma, Wilm's tumor, osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma

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