Selected Diagnosis and Findings Flashcards by Jennifer Lensraf

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has linear calcification anterior to which vertebra?

L1-L4

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US diagnosis AAA with diameter greater than?

3.5 cm

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Champagne glass pelvis, splayed cupped metaphysics, small skull base.

Achondroplasia

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Large sella turcica, arrowhead phalanges, heel pad > 23mm.

Acromegaly

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Soap-bubble metaphyseal lyric lesion filled with blood, ballooning of cortex.

Aneurysmal Bone Cyst

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Shiny corners, Romans lesions, dagger sign, bamboo spine.

Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Wedged-shaped dense medial upper end of tibia, overweight and black kids.

Blount

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Hallux Valgus deformity with marked soft tissue swelling.

Bunion

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AVN of head of the femur, patchy sclerosis and lucency, crescent sign

Chandler

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Totally disorganized joint with destruction, debris, and distention.

Chariot’s joint

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Multiple faceted stones in right upper quadrant, ultrasound, +Murphy’s sign.

Cholelithiasis (gallstones)

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Linear intra-articular calcification in the knee, elbow, shoulder, or wrist.

CPPD (pseudogout)

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Eccentric lucent lesion in metaphysics with cortical depression.

Chondroma

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Oval epiphyseal lyric lesion in lower or upper tibia, fluffy cotton wool.

Chondroblastoma

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Round or elongated lesion eccentrically located, thins the cortex.

Chondromyxoid fibroma

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Intramedullary lyric soap-bubble lesion, speckled calcification in the tibia.

Chondrosarcoma

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Absent clavicles, numerous Wormian bones, pear-shaped skull.

Cleidocranial dysostosis

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Small femoral epiphysis, lateral femoral displacement, shallow acetabulum.

Congenital Hip Dysplasia

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Generalized osteoporosis, compression fractures, cod fish vertebra.

Cushing’s syndrome

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ADI >5mm in a child, hypoplastic atlas, agenesis of the dens.

Down’s syndrome

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Geographic central expansive lesion with stippled calcification, hands or feet.

Enchondroma

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Numerous Intramedullary lesions in long bones, phlebolith calcifications.

Enchodromatosis

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Geographic lesion in medullary region, destructive moth-eaten appearance.

Eosinophilic granuloma

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Diaphyseal perceptive, onion-skin appearance with cortical saucerization.

Ewing’s sarcoma

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Circumscribed lyric lesion, ground glass, soap-bubble, Shepard's crook.

Fibrous dysplasia

Lytic metaphyseal lesion extending in diaphysis, soft tissue involved.

Fibrosarcoma

AVN, sclerosis, fragmentation and deformation of the 2nd metatarsal head.

Freiberg

Eccentric metaphyseal lesion crosses epiphyseal line, soap bubble appearance.

Giant cell tumor

Soft tissue swelling, periarticular bone erosion, overhanging margin sign.

Gout

Periarticular calcification around the shoulder joint, may affect hip and spine.

HADD

Osteolytic lesion, corduroy cloth, striated vertebrae, picture frame-like.

Hemangioma

Beak-like spurs on radial sites of metatarsal heads, joint space narrowing.

Hemochromatosis

Articular irregularity, wide intercondylar femoral groove, soft tissue swelling.

Hemophilia

Salt and pepper skull, acro-osteolysis, bone cysts, rugged jersey spine.

Hyperparathyroidism

AVN, dense sclerotic lunate bone with partial fragmentation and collapse.

Kienbock

Blocked vertebra, occipitalization of C1, platybasia, wasp-waist sign.

Klippel Veil syndrome

AVN, partial fragmentation, sclerosis and collapse of the navicular bone.

Kohler

Thick transverse radiodense metaphysis bands (lead line).

Lead poisoning

Small femoral head, mushroom deformity, epiphyseal sclerosis, fragmentation.

Legg-Caleb-Perthes

Ivory vertebra, punched-out lytic bone lesions, bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy.

Lymphoma in bone.

Punched out lesions, diffuse osteoporosis, raindrop skull, pathological fracture.

Multiple myeloma

Dystrophic calcification in muscle; brachialis, quadriceps, thigh abductors.

Myositis ossificans

Solitary oval radiolucent defect; thin cortex, bunch of grapes appearance.

Non-ossifying fibroma

Subluxation of the proximal radio-ulnar joint in a child, soft tissue swelling.

Nursemaid's elbow

Anterior surface irregularities of the tibial tuberosity in teens, soft tissue swelling.

Osgood-Schlatter's

Triangular sclerosis of the lower ilium near sacroiliac joint, bilateral, symmetric.

Osteitis condensands ilii

Joint space narrowing, subchondral sclerosis (eburnation), osteophytes.

Osteoarthritis

Multiple small rounded radiopacities in the ends of long bones (normal variant).

Osteopoikilosis

Eccentric, lyric lesion in the metaphysis or diaphysis or in the neural arch.

Osteoblastoma

AVN, medial femoral epicondyle, ankle, hip and elbow, arc-like cleft, fragment.

Osteochondritis dessicans

Broad-based bone outgrowth- cauliflower (mushroom-like) or coat-hanger look.

Osteochondroma

Metaphyseal fractures at different healing stages, pencil-thin cortices

Osteogensis imperfecta

Lucent lesion <2 cm surrounded by a rim of dense bone, long bone or spine.

Osteoid osteoma

Dense sclerotic well-circumscribed lesion rarely >2cm, in the skull or sinuses.

Osteoma

Pseudofractures in long bones, decreased bone density, coarsened trabeculae.

Osteomalacia

Soft tissue swelling, periosteal elevation, Brodie's access, involcrum.

Osteomyelitis

General demineralization, thin cortex, few but coarsened trabeculae.

Osteoporosis

Blastic metaphyseal permeative lesion, Codman's triangle, sunburst appearance.

Osteosarcoma

Cotton wool skull, mixed Blastic/lyric lesions, pelvic brim and candle flame sign.

Page's disease

Ossification of the medial knee collateral ligament, traumatic.

Pelligrini-Stieda disease

AVN, sclerosis and fragmentation of the proximal pole of the scaphoid

Preiser

Cup and pencil deformity of the DIP joints, mouse ears, sausage digits.

Psoriatic arthritis

Soft tissue swelling, intra-articular erosions, ulnar deviation of MCP joints.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Widened growth (plate) metaphyseal cupping, paint brush appearance in a child.

Rickets

Anterior wedging, Schmorl's nodes, decreased disc height in 3+ vertebrae.

Scheurmann's

Ice cream sliding off the cone sign, disrupted Klein's line and Shenton's line.

SCFE

Soft tissue retraction, calcinosis cutis, an acro-osteolysis.

Scleroderma

Frankl's line, Pelken's spur, and Wimberger's ring.

Scurvy

AVN, fragmented irregular sclerosis of the calcaneal apophysis.

Sever

Hair-on-end skull, undertubulation of long bones, cod-fish vertebrae.

Sickle cell disease

Slippage of one vertebra on the other, MC at L5/S1, pars fracture.

spondylolisthesis

Expansive geographic defect in proximal humerus or femur, fallen fragment sign.

Simple Bone Cysts

Small elevated Sapulpa; omovertebral bone (30%) and Klippel Feil Syndrome.

Sprengel's deformity

Soft tissue swelling, periarticular osteoporosis, reducible ulnar deviation.

SLE

Apical capitation; unilateral or bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, tracheal shift.

Tuberculosis

Selected Diagnosis and Findings Flashcards

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