MSK Flashcards

(50 cards)

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acroosteolysis

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PINCH FO (* = band-like)

  • psoriasis
  • injury (post-traumatic*, thermal burn, frostbite)
  • neuropathy (congen insens to pain, DM, leprosy, myelomeningocele)
  • collagen vasc (scleroderma, raynaud)
  • hyperparathyroidism*
  • familial (Hadju Cheney*)
  • other: PVC exposure*, scorpion venom, phenytoin, porphyria, epidermolysis bullosa
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sclerotic bone metastasis

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6 Bees Lick Pollen
breast
bone (osteogenic carcinoma)
bronchus (carcinoid)
bladder (TCC)
brain (medulloblastoma)
bowel (mucinous)
lymphoma
prostate
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vertebra plana

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mets/myeloma
lymphoma
langerhans cell histiocytosis
trauma
TB
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osseous sequestrum

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osteomyelitis
osteonecrosis
lymphoma
fibrosarcoma/MFH/UPS
langerhans cell histiocytosis
osteoblastoma
(mimic of sequestrum: osteoid osteoma)
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“the 4 horsemen of the apophysis”

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chondroblastoma
giant cell tumor (GCT)
aneurysmal bone cyst
infection

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epiphyseal lesions

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“Chondroblastoma IS AGE - related”
Chondroblastoma
Infection
Subchondral cyst (geode)
ABC
Giant cell tumor
Eosinophilic granuloma
(+mets and myeloma in older)
clear cell chondrosarcoma
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T2 hypointense intra-articular lesion

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  • PVNS
  • gout
  • hemophilia (linear hemosiderin deposition, epiphyseal growth disturbance)
  • amyloid (bilateral, dialysis)
  • tuberculosis
  • rheumatoid arthritis
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Madelung deformity

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HIT DOC
H: Hurler & Morquio mucopolysaccharidosis
I: infection (growth arrest)
T: trauma (growth arrest)
D: dyschondrosteosis (Leri-Weill)
O: osteochondroma (multiple hereditary exostoses)
C: congenital, e.g. Turner, achondroplasia

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erosion or absence of distal clavicle

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  • repetitive microtrauma, posttrauma
  • hyperparathyroid (normal acromion)
  • postop (subacromial decompression)
  • RA (acromial erosions later)
  • scleroderma
  • gout
  • septic arthritis (erosion on both sides of jt)
  • myeloma, mets
  • cleidocranial dysostosis
  • pyknodysostosis
  • progeria: any syndrome w premature aging
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soft tissue tumour:

T1 hyperintense, no fat suppression

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contains methemoglobin:
- hematoma w/wo tumour

contains proteinaceous fluid:

  • ganglion
  • abscess

contains melanin:

  • melanoma
  • melanoma metastasis
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soft tissue tumour:

T1 hyperintense, with fat suppression

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without calcifications:

  • lipoma
  • lipoma variant
  • well-differentiated liposarcoma
  • hemangioma
  • other fat containing lesion

with calcifications:

  • hemangioma (w phleboliths)
  • myositis ossificans (w zonal calc’n/oss’n)
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soft tissue tumour:

T2 hypointense, with calcifications

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  • gouty tophi

- dystrophic calcification

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soft tissue tumour:

T2 hypointense, without calcifications

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containing fibrous tissue:

  • fibroma, fibrosarcoma
  • desmoid
  • leiomyoma
  • location specific: plantar fibroma, elastofibroma, GCT-TS, postop scar

containing hemosiderin:

  • GCT-TS: giant cell tumour of tendon sheath
  • PVNS
  • hemorrhagic mass
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soft tissue tumour:

T2 hyperintense “cyst-like”, rim enhancement

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fluid-containing lesion:

  • ganglion
  • seroma
  • abscess
  • epidermal inclusion cyst
  • bursa
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soft tissue tumour:

T2 hyperintense “cyst-like”, internal enhancement

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myxomatous tumour:

  • intramuscular myxoma
  • myxoid liposarcoma

other:

  • synovial sarcoma
  • peripheral nerve sheath tumour (PNST)
  • necrotic tumour
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bullet shaped vertebral bodies

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mucopolysaccharidoses (Morquio, Hurler)
achondroplasia
congenital hypothyroidism

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H shaped vertebrae

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sickle cell disease
Gaucher disease
steroid treatment

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widening of interpedicular distance

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diastematomyelia
syringomyelia
conditions that cause dural ectasia: Marfan, EDS, NF1, AS, OI
spinal cord tumour: chordoma, ependymoma
myelomeningocele, meningocele 
trauma: Chance #, burst #
spinal AVM: juvenile type
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subacromial subdeltoid fluid

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rotator cuff tear
therapeutic injection
SASD bursitis:
- mechanical
- inflammatory arthritis
- infection
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moth-eaten bone (permeative)

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multiple myeloma
primary bone lymphoma
Ewing sarcoma
infection
eosinophilic granuloma
malignant fibrous histiocytoma
metastases, especially:
- Burkitt lymphoma
- mycosis fungoides (malignant cutaneous primary T-cell lymphoma)
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ivory vertebral body

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  • Paget’s disease
  • lymphoma
  • blastic mets: breast, prostate, adenocarcinoma GI tract, carcinoid, transitional cell carcinoma bladder
  • chronic infection
  • chordoma
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acetabuli protrusio

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Paget disease 
rheumatoid arthritis 
ankylosing spondylitis 
osteomalacia
trauma
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DDx diffuse sclerosis of Paget’s

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chronic renal failure
myelofibrosis
metastasis
lymphoma 
sickle cell anemia
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DDx of trabecular thickening of Paget’s

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hemangioma
chronic infection
osteomalacia
fluorosis

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DDx of polyostotic lesions of Paget’s
``` chronic renal failure (hyperparathyroidism) Langerhans cells histiocytosis unusual infection metastasis fibrous dysplasia lymphoma Gaucher mastocytosis ```
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lytic lesion in terminal phalanx
glomus tumour mets (above diaphragm: lung, breast) inclusion cyst (less aggressive) enchondroma (MC lytic lesion in phalanx but terminal phalanx is least common site)
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low grade chondroid lesion
enchondroma low grade chondrosarcoma bone infarct
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cortical lucency + central calcification
Langerhans cell histiocytosis osteoid osteoma Brodie abscess
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osseous lesions affecting both sides of the joint
``` arthritis infection PVNS synovial chondromatosis amyloidosis ```
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band-like acroosteolysis
hyperparathyroidism polyvinyl chloride Hajdu-Cheney syndrome Post traumatic
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dactylitis
``` infection - pyogenic - TB sickle cell anemia (50% of children) thermal injury ```
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shortening of 4th/5th metacarpals
``` Turner syndrome pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism post infection, trauma JIA idiopathic ```
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lumpy bumpy soft tissue swelling (ie asymmetric)
``` gout xanthomatosis sarcoidosis amyloidosis multicentric reticulohistiocytosis ```
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calcified soft tissue mass
``` myositis ossificans gout collagen vascular disease hyperparathyroidism, tumoral calcinosis hemangioma soft tissue chondro/osteosarcoma synovial sarcoma ```
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calcium fluid level
tumoral calcinosis | milk alkali syndrome
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sacral lesion
``` GCT/ABC metastasis myeloma/plasmacytoma chordoma neurogenic tumour ```
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diffusely dense bones
``` Myelofibrosis Fluorosis Pyknodysostosis Metastatic disease Renal osteodystrophy Osteopetrosis Mastocytosis ```
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regional osteopenia
(segmental area of decreased bone mineral density) disuse (immobilization) chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS), reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) transient osteoporosis (bone marrow edema) regional migratory osteoporosis
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Erlenmeyer flask deformity
chronic anemia (sickle cell disease) Gaucher disease osteopetrosis fibrous dysplasia Niemann-Pick (enzyme deficiency, storage disorder of sphingolipidoses) metaphyseal dysplasia (Pyle’s disease, SFRP4 gene mutation, diffuse long bone abN)
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bone within a bone appearance
``` STOP HH sickle cell disease thoratrast administration osteopetrosis Paget disease heavy metal poisoning hypervitaminosis D ```
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dense metaphyseal bands
PRINCES Poisoning (lead, mercury, bismuth, phosphorus) Rickets (healed) Infection (TORCH); Idiopathic hypercalcemia Normal variant; Neoplasm (leukemia) Congenital syphilis Endocrine (congenital hypothyroidism [cretinism]) Sickle cell disease; Scurvy
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transverse lucent metaphyseal lines
LINING ``` Leukemia, lymphoma Infection (congenital syphilis) Normal variant Illness (systemic: rickets, scurvy) Neuroblastoma metastatses Growth arrest lines ```
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frayed metaphyses
CHARMS ``` Congenital infections (rubella, syphilis) Hypophosphatasia Achondroplasia Rickets Metaphyseal dysostosis Scurvy ```
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diffuse low T1 marrow signal
``` leukemia diffuse skeletal mets reconversion myelofibrosis myelodysplastic syndrome mastocytosis hemochromatosis Gaucher renal osteodystrophy gout, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis ```
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bone lesion with surrounding edema
``` any lesion with assoc fracture abscess osteoid osteoma chondroblastoma Langerhans cell histiocytosis lymphoma ```
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soft tissue calcification
metastatic (elevated Ca2+ x PO4 causing precipitation of a calcium salt) - skeletal deossification - primary hyperparathyroidism - renal osteodystrophy - bone destruction - hypervitaminosis D - milk alkali syndrome dystrophic (tissue damaged, normal Ca2+, PO4 levels) - trauma (incl. repetitive leading to calcific tendinosis) - infection - tumour (e.g. chondroid, osteoid producing) - vessel or vascular malformation - collagen vascular disease: scleroderma, SLE, dermatomyositis, polymyositis idiopathic (elevated PO4) - calcinosis universalis - tumoral calcinosis
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low signal nodular synovium
``` PVNS gout amyloid synovial chondromatosis hemophilic arthropathy (hemorrhagic synovitis) ```
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physeal widening and irregularity
rickets hypophosphatasia metaphyseal dysostosis
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axial hip joint space narrowing
``` rheumatoid arthritis other inflammatory arthropathies infection hemophilia CPPD ```
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narrowing of interpedicular distance
achondroplasia | thanatophoric dysplasia