Paeds Flashcards
When does clincial concern beign for scoliosis?
lateral curvature exceeds 10 degrees
pain
not fully corrected
what type of radiographs for scoliosis
standing PA and lateral
all of the iliac crests included
what is the Risser staging?
assess skeletal maturity on the iliac crests
what can cause scoliosis that should be reviewed for?
malignancny and abscess paraspinally.
MRi in scoliosis is reserved for who?
pain
neuro deficit
MRI in scoliosis
what protocol
Sag T1 and T2 of whole spine
Coronal T2 to look at bones
Axial of abnormal area and the conus (for tethered cord)
Scoliosis what angle is used?
Cobb angle
Most common type of scoliosis
Idiopathic
Other types of scoliosis
Idiopathic
nerumuscula
congenital
developmental
tumour
miscellaneous
Congenital Vertebral Anomalies:Types of Anomalies
Unilateral.
Bilateral (balanced defect)
Incarcerated
associated abnormalities with congenital vertebral anomalies
urinary tract
congenital heart disease
undescended scalulae
diastematomyelia
which scoliotic defect causes loss of longitudinal growth?
hemivertebrae
what are the management options for scoliosis?v
Observe, if no disability and not beyond 25 degrees.
Bracing - for growing child, prevent progression
Surgery - fusion - hold progression
What time frame of onset in scolioisis is a definite indication for MRI
eary onset (<10yrs)
Child back pain - reasons to CT
?osseous tumour
sondylolysis
history of truama
focal back pain
Spondylolysis - what is it?
Spondylolysis is a defect in the pars interarticularis,
difference between facet joint and spondylolyis
facet smooth
spndylo rough
MRI changes in a Pars defect
On MRI, there will be altered signal in the pars interarticularis (high signal on T2-weighted images and low signal on T1-weighted images) in pars defect.
Discitis is characterised by …..
disc space narrowing with end-plate irregularity and sclerosis.
may take two weeks to show on radiographs
OSteoid osteoma appears as what on radiographs/v
central lucent nidus surrounded by sclerotic bone
cause of back pain and is typically worse at night, exacerbated by alcohol and relieved by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
OSteoid osteoma
Osteoblastoma is what kind of tumour
what does it produce
is a benign osseous tumour that produces osteoid and wormian bone.
slow growing
Appearance of Osteoblastoma on MRI
low T1 and intermediate to high T2.
Signal void on all sequences related to matrix calcification
what can Langerhand cells histiocytosis cause in the spine
complete collapse of the vertebral body