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ABCD of arthritis
alignment
bone integrity
cartilage/joint space
distribution
soft tissue changes
Subluxation
RA
OA
Lupus
Jaccouds
Dislocation
Neuropathic
Reducible vs Fixed
SLE-nonrerosive arthopathy with reducible subluxation

jaccouds-post RA
SLE
radiographic changes uncommon
nonspecific soft tissue swelling
nonerosive reducible subluxation
calcification
osteoporosis
acrosclerosis or acroosteolysis
Bone integrity
minerliazation
destruction
erosion
sclerosis
new bone production
cartilage/joint space
normal width
gout
pvns
primary synovial chondromatosis
sle
tb-phemisters triad
uniform narrowing
inflammatory
infectious

nonuniform narrowing
oa
neuropathic
cppd
distribution
joints involved

location in join
proximal
distal
sporadic
symmetric
bone destruction
gout
infection
sarcoid
metastases
dip and pip arthoprathy
no erosions
oa
cppd

erosions
erosive oa
psoariasis
multicentric histiocytosis
gout
ra- pips only
axial narrowing of the hip
rheumatoid arthritis
jia
cppd
ankylosing spondylitis
infection
Humeral head absence
syringomyelia
infection
osteonecrosis
sacroiliitis
as
ibd
psoriatic arthritis
reactive arthritis

progression
iliac side prior to sacral side

findings
widening
erosions
narrowing <2mm
sclerosis
ankylosis
soft tissue swelling
fusiform
RA

diffuse
psoriatic

lumpy-bumpy
gout
sarcoid
amyloid
multicentric histiocytosis
acroosteolysis
collagen vascular disease
raynauds
psoriatic arthritis
hyperparathyroidism
frostbite (spares thumb)
polyvinyl chloride
lesch-nyhan
hajdu-cheney
soft tissue calcification
HADD
CPPD
Gout
Collagen vascular disease
renal osteodystrophy
tumoral calcinosis
bone marrow edema pattern
transient osteoporosis-see osteopenia with normal jt space, goes away

transient bone marrow edema syndrome-abnormality only seen on mr, not radiograph, goes away

avn

stress fracture

trauma

osteoid osteoma-esp if less than 30, ct or bone scan shows nidus, can give osteopenic appearance

infection

infiltrative neoplasm
generalized osteopenia
osteoporosis
osteomalacia
hyperparathyroidism
neoplasm-multiple myeloma
localized osteoporosis
disuse
reflex sympathetic dystrophy
transient regional OP
transion op of the hip
diff dx of scurvy
TORCH INFECTION
neuroblastoma
medication
methotrexate
malignant bone tumors by age
up to age 10
ewings
osa
leukemia, lymphoma

10-20
osa
ewings
leukemia, lymphoma

20-30
osa
lymphoma
ewings
mfh

over 30
myeloma
metastases
lymphoma
chondrosarcoma
mfh, fibrosarcoma
osa
bubbly lesions of bone
FEGNOMASHIC

fibrous dysplasia, fibrous coritcal defect

EG, enchondroma

GCT

NOF

Osteoblastoma

myeloma, mets

abc (always eccentric)

simple unilocular cyst (always eccentric)

hyperparathyroidis, hemophilia

infection

chondroblastoma
lytic epiphyseal lesions
tumor
GCT
EG
Chondroblastoma
Mets

Infection
Osetomyelitis
TB

Subchondral cyst
Arthopathy (Cppd, oa, ra, hemophilia)

Intraosseous ganglion
sclerotic metastases
prostate
breast
hodgkins
other primaries
carcinoid
medulloblastoma
bladder
lung
permeative lesion in children
round cell tumors
infection
eg
osa
permeative lesion in adults
mets
multiple myeloma
leukemia, lymphoma
fibrosarcoma
bony sequestrum
osteomyelitis
EG
fibrosarcoma
osteoid osteoma
malignant transformation of bony lesions
fibrous dysplasia-fibrosarcoma, osa, mfh

pagets-osa>chondrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, mfh, lymphoma

osteomyelitis with draining sinus-scc

radiation-osa, chondrosarcoma, mfh

bone infarct-fibrosarcoma, mfh

olliers disease-chondrosarcoma

maffuccis-chondrosarcoma

hereditary osteochondromatosis-chondrosarcoma
focal sclerotic lesion- TIC MTV
Tumor
benign
osteoma
osteoid osteoma/osteoblastoma
enchondroma
fibrous dysplasia
healing lesions-nof, eg, brown tumor

malignant
metastasis
sarcoma
lympohoma, leukemia

any healing tumor (eg, brown tumor, tx mets)

infection
osteomyelitis
sequestration
sclerosing osteomyelitis of Garre

Congenital
bone island
melorheostosis
fibrous dysplasia

metabolic
paget's

trauma
stress fracture
healing fracture

vascular
osteonecrosis
bone infarct
osteonecrosis

ASEPTIC
anemias (hereditary)
steroids
ethanol
pancreatitis, pregnancy
trauma
idiopathic
caisson disease
collagen vascular disease
ulnar and volar subluxation of metacarpals
jaccoud's arthrophathy
sle
rh fever
scleroderma
periarticular osteopenia
rheumatoid arthritis
scleroderma
hemophilia
osteomyelitis
subchondral cysts
normal bone density
djd
cppd
seronegative spondyloarthropathies
gout
pvns
synovial osteochondromatosis
neuropathic joint

abnormal bone density
any of above
ra
avn
acroosteolysis

PINCH FO
psoriasis
injury (thermal burn, frost bite)
neuropathy
congenital insensitivity to pain
dm
leprosy
myelomeningocele

collagen vascular disease
scleroderma
raynaud's disease

hyperparathyroidism
familial (hadju cheney)

other
Polyvinyl chloride
snake, scorpion venom
new bone formation in arthritis
periosteal new bone formation
psoriasis
reiter's syndrome

osteophytes
oa
cppd
calcifications and arthropathy
periarticular
scleroderma
sle (uncommon)

articular
cppd
chondrocalcinosis

joint space related
neuropathic arthropathy
synovial osteochondromatosis
osteochondritis dissecans
osteochondral fracture
chondrocalcinosis

HOGWASH
hyperparathyroidism
ochronosis
gout
wilson's disease
arthritides (any
cppd
hemochromatosis
soft tissue swelling in arthritis
symmetric bilatera
ra
any inflammatory arthr.

asymmetric swelling one digit (sausage digit)
psoriasisi
reiters

lumpy bumpy
gout
amyloidosis
multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
sarcoid
arthritis, distal and proximal IP joints
oa
psoriasis
reiter's
multicentric histiocytosis
arthritis, proximal (MCP, carpus)
RA
CPPD
Hemochromatosis
wilson's disease
arthritis, ulnar styloid
RA
monoarticular arthritis

CHRIST
crystal arthropathies
hemophilia
RA (atypical)
infection
synovial
pvns
synovial osteochond.
trauma
neuropathic joint
common
dm
spinal cord injury
myelomeningocele, syringomyelia
alcohol abuse

uncommon
syphyilis (tabes dorsalis)
congenital indifference to pain
neuropathies
amyloidosis
behcet's
arthritis, orogenital ulcers, iritis, large artery, aneurysms, cns arteritis
reiters disease
arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis
still's disease
juvenile RA, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy
felty's syndrome
ra, splenomegaly, neutropenia
jaccoud's disease
arthritis following repeated episodes of rheumatic fever
CREST
calcinosis, raynaud's, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia
phemister triad (TB arthritis)
osteoporosis, marginal erosions, slow cartilage destruction
atlantoaxial subluxation
ra, jra
seronegative spondyloarth.
SLE
down syndrome
morquio's sydnrome
trauma
diffuse osteosclerosis

DENSE BONES
Tumor
mets
lymphoma
leukemia
myelofibrosis
mastcytosis

congenital
osteopetrosis
pyknodysostis
craniotubular dysplasias
sickle cell anemia
physiological newborn

metabolic
paget's
renal osteodystrophy
fluorosis
hypervitaminosis A and D
diffuse osteosclerosis

3Ms PROOF
mets
myelofibrosis
mastocytosis
sickle cell anemia
pyknodysostosis, pagets
renal osteodystrophy
osteopetrosis
others (dysplasias, hypothyroidism)
fluorosis
localized osteopenia

look for insufficiency fracture
disuse
arthrtitis
sudek's atrophy, rsd
paget's (lytic phase)
transient osteoporosis
of the hip
regional migratory
diffuse osteopenia
primary osteoporosis
secondary osteoporosis
endocrine disease
nutritional deficiencies
hereditary metabolic and collagen disorders
medications

osteomalacia
nutricional deficiencies
abnormal vit d metabolism
gi absorption disorders
renal disease
medications

HPT
marrow replacement
malignancy (ie myeloma)
marrow hyperplasia (ie hemoglobinopathy)
lysosomal storage diseases (Gauchers disease)
Multiple sclerotic lesions
tumor
mets
lymphoma/leukemia
osteomatosis (gardner's syndrome)
healing lesions
sclerotic myeloma (rare)

congenital
fibrous dysplasia
osteopoikilosis
tuberous sclerosis
mastocytosis

metabolic
paget's disease

trauma
healing fractures

vascular
bone infarcts
asymmetric periosteal reaction
tumor
infection (osteo, soft tissue, cogenital)

inflammation (psoriatic, reiters, jra)

trauma (fractures)
vascular (subperiosteal hemorrhage
symmetric periosteal reaction in adults
vascular insufficiency (venous>arterial)

hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy

pachydermoperiostosis

fluorosis

thyroid acrophathy
hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
intrathoracic tumor
bronchogenic ca
benign fibrous tumor of pleura
mets
mesothelioma

chronic pulmonary infection
bronchiectasis, abscess

other entities occasionally show periosteal bone formation, but are more commonly associated with clubbing
inflammatory bowel disease (UC, chrohns)
dysentery
cirrhosis
cyanotic heart disease
solitary lytic skull lesion
tumors
mets
mm
eg
epidermoid
hemangioma

infections/inflammation
osteo (tb, syphyllis)
sarcoidosis

congenital
fibrous dysplasiam
encephalocele

metabolic
paget's
hyperthyroidism

trauma
leptomeningeal cyst
diffuse skull lesions
sickel cell and thallassemia
HPT (salt and pepper skull)
paget's (cotton wool)
fibrous dysplasia (predominantly outer table)
tuberous sclerosis (increased density of both tables)
multiple lytic skull lesions

POEMS
paget's
parathyroid elevation
osteomyelitis
eg
mets
myeloma
sarcoidosis
basilar invagination
congenital
osteogenisis imperfecta
kilppel feil syndrome
achondroplasia
chiari malformation
cleidocranial dysplasia

aquired bone softening
paget's
hpt
osteomalacia, rickets
abnormal vertebral body density
picture frame
paget's (cortex too prominent)
osteoporosis (center too lucent)

rugger jersey
renal osteodystrophy

ivory vertebral body
mets
paget's
lymphoma (h>non h)
infection
striated vertebral body
multiple myeloma
hemnagioma
osteoporosis
paget's
vertebral body shape abnormality
fish vertebra
sickle cell and thalassemias

squared vertebra
as, paget's, psoriasis, reiters
vertebral outgrowths
syndesmophytes
AS

flowing paraspinal ossification
DISH

small osetophytes
djd
spondylosis deformans

large osteophytes
psoriasis (common)
reiters (uncommon)
posterior spinal fusion
congenital (klippel feil)
surgical fusion
arthritides
JRA
AS
psoriatic arthritis
reiters
vertebral body lesion
mets
myeloma
lymphoma
eg
gct
hemangioma
sarcomas (rare)
anterior vertebral body lesions
lymphoma
myeloma
Ewing's
mets

hemangioma
EG
Gct
posterior vertebral body lesions
osteoid osteoma
osteoblastoma
ABC
solitary vertebral lesions

A HOG
abc
hemangioma
osteoblastoma/osteoid osteoma
GCT
posterior vertebral scalloping
increased intraspinal pressure
spinal canal tumors
syrinx
communicating hydrocephalus

dural ectasia
neurofibromatosis
marfan's
ehlers-danlos

congenital
achondroplasia
mucopolysaccharidoses (morqio's, hunter's, hurler's)
osteogenesis imperfecta (tarda form)

bone resporption
acromegaly
anterior vertebral scalloping
aortic aneurysm
lymphadenopathy
tb spondylitis
delayed motor development
anterior vertebral body beak
morquio's syndrome ( central beak, others inferior beak)
hurlers
achondroplasia
cretinism
downs
neuromuscular disease
platyspondyly
diffuse
dwarf (thanatophoric, metatropic)
osteogenisis imperfecta
morquios
spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia

solidary or multifocal
leukemia
EG
mets/myeloma
sickle cell disease
protrusio acetabuli
paget's
RA
osteomalacia, rickets
trauma
marfan's
AS
idiopathic
bilateral symmetric sacroiliitis
AS
enteropathic spondyloarthropathy
psoriatic arthritis
HPT
DJD
bilateral asymmetric sacroilliitis
reiters
psoriatic
djd
unilateral sacroillitis
infection
djd
trauma
RA
lytic lesions of the sacrum
mets
chordoma
plasmacytoma
chondrosarcoma
GCT
lytic lesion of the ilium
fibrous dysplasia
ABC
UBC
hemophiliac pseudotumor
malignant lesions
mets
plasmacytoma
ewing's
chondrosarcoma
lymphoma
widened pubic symphysis
congenital
bladder exstrophy
epispadias
cleidocranial dysplasias
GU or Anorectal malf

bone resorption/destruction
pregnancy
osteitis pubis
infection
mets
HPT
erlenmeyer flask deformity

CHONG
craniometaphyseal dysplasias
hemoglobinopathies
osteopetrosis
neimann-pick
gauchers (often with AVN)
other
lead poisoning
fibrous dysplasia
osteochondromatosis
enchondromatosis
fibromatosis
gracile bones

NIMROD
neurofibromatosis
immobilization or paralysis
polio
birth palsies
congenital cns lesions
muscular dystrophies
RA (juvenile)
osteogenisis imperfecta
dysplasias (marfans, homocystinuria)
femoral head AVN

ASEPTIC LEG
alcoholism
sickle cell
exogenous steroids or RT
pancreatitis
trauma
(fracture/disloc, SCFE)
infection
caisson disease
legg-calve-perthes
epiphyseal dysplasia
gauchers
medial tibial spur
osteochondroma
blounts
turners
posttraumatic
cortical lesion
adamantinoma
NOF
fibrous dysplasia
EG
mets
heel pad thickeing (>25 mm)

MAD COP
myxedema
acromegaly
dilantin
callus
obsesity
peripheraly edema
lytic lesion of finger
enchondroma
solitary or multiple
glomus tumor ( close to nail, pain)
foreign body reaction
epidermoid inclusion cyst (trauma hx)
mets (lung, breast)
sarcoidosis
infection
erosive arthropathy
radial hypoplasia
VACTERL
Fanconi anemia
Holt-oram syndrome
cornelia de lange syndrome
thrombocytopenia-absent radius (TAR syndrome)
short 4th/5th metacarpals
pseudohypoparathyroidism
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
idiopathic
chromosomal anomalies (turners klinefelters)
basal cell nevus syndrome
madelung's deformity

premature fusion of the ulnar aspect of radial epiphysis results in
-ulnar angulation of distal radius
-decreased carpal angle
-dorsal subluxation of ulna
-unilateral or bilateral

HIT DOC
hurlers
infection
trauma
dyschondrosteosis (Leri-weil syndrome)
osteochondromatosis
chromosomal XO (turners)
missing distal clavicle
erosion RA
HPT
postraumatic osteolysis
infection
mets/myeloma
gorham syndrome
absence cleidocranial dysplasia
pyknodysostosis
high riding shoulder
RA
CPPD
rotator cuff tear
soft tissue calcification

TIC MTV
tumor
tumoral calcinosis
synovial osteochondromatosis
soft tissue tumor (sarcoma, hemangioma, lipoma)

inflammation/infection
dermatomyositis
scleroderma
parasites
leprosy
pancreatitis (fat necrosis)
myonecrosis
bursitis/tendinitis

congenital
ehlers danlos
myositis ossificans progressive

metabolic
hpt 1 or 2ndary
metastatic calcification
cppd
calcium hydroxyapatite deposition

trauma
myositis ossificans
burn injury
hematoma

vascular calcifcation
soft tissue masses
tumor
malignant fibrous histiocytoma
fatty tumors-lipoma, liposarcoma, fibromatoses
vascualr tumors-hemangioma
nerve tumors-schwannoma, neurofibroma
mets
burns
hematoma
muscle: rhabdomyosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma

other
myositis ossificans
abscess
hematoma
aneurysm
osteogenic primary bone tumor
benign
osteoma
osteoid osteoma
osteoblastoma

malignant
osteosarcoma
chondrogenic
benign
enchondroma
chondroblastoma
osteochondroma
chondromyxoid fibroma

malignant
chondrosarcoma
fibrogenic
benign
fibrous cortical defect
nof
ossifying fibroma (sissons)
desmoplastic fibroma
fibrous dysplasia

malignant
mfh
fibrosarcoma
bone marrow
benign
EG

malignant
ewings
myeloma
lymphoma
leukemia
other
benign
simple bone cyst
abc
intraosseous ganglion
lintraosseous lipoma
GCT
brown tumor
pseudotumor

malignant
adamantinoma
chordoma
malignant GCT
vascular
benign
hemangioma
lymphangioma
angiomatosis

malignant
hemangioendothelioma
hemangiopericytoma
angiosarcoma
evaluating bone tumors
discriminators
patient age
location
patern of bone destruction
tumor matrix
tumor element
bone tumors by age: 1-15 years
LCH
bone tumors by age: 5-30 years
osteosarcoma
ewing's sarcoma
nof/fcd
solitary bone cyst
aneurysmal bone cyst
fibrous dysplasia
chondroblastoma
bone tumors by age: 20-50
GCT
fibrosarcoma (>30)
chondrosarcoma (>30)
mets (>40)
myeloma (>40)
lesions by location
diaphysis-ie ewings

metaphysis-nof, osteochondroma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma

epiphysis-subchondral cyst, chondroblastoma, GCT
bone destruction
aggressive lesions:
permeative or moth eaten,
wide zone of transition,
nonsclerotic margin

nonaggressive lesions: well-defined border, narrow zone of transition, sclerotic
tumor matrix
osteoid-ivory, fluffy, cloud like

chondroid-arcs/rings, punctate, stippled

ground glass-hazy, fibrous dysplasia
tumor extent
mono-ostotic

polyo-stotic
multiple lytic lesions of bone

FEEMHI
fibrous dysplasia
EG
enchondroma
mets/myeloma
hyperparathyroidism
infection
osteoblastic lesions
benign
enostosis
osteoid osteoma
osteoblastoma

malignant
osteosarcoma
enostosis
slcerotic lesion in cancellous bone

spiculated margins

giant>2 cm

ddx
blast met-prostate, breast, GU

bone scan negative
osteopoikilosis
multiple bone islands
epiphyses and metaphyses
clinically insignificant-diff from mets
osteoid osteoma
nidus < 1.5 cm
w/ w/o central calcification
surrounded by dense reactive bone

pain, worse at night, relieved by aspirin

ddx
brodies abscess
osteoblastoma
nidus >1.5 cm
histology similar to osteoid osteoma
targets typically posterior elements of spine and flat bones, unlike osteoid osteoma

expansile, lytic and /or sclerotic
lytic lesion in posterior elements of spine

GO APE
GCT
osteoblastoma
ABC
plasmacytoma
EG
osteosarcoma
2nd most common primary malignant bone tumor

metaphyses
aggressive periostitis
bulky soft tissue mass
telangiectatic osteosarcoma
lytic
aggressive
minimal osteoid
fluid-fluid levels
parosteal osteosarcoma
low grade
grood prognosis
exophytic
densely mineralized
periosteal osteosarcoma
extrinsic
saucer like area of cortical erosions
secondary osteosarcoma
5%
>60 yo
risk factors, pagets, xrt
chondroid tumors
benign
enchondroma
chondroblastoma
osteochondroma

malignant
chondrosarcoma
enchondroma
geographic lesion with narrow zone of transition with chondroid matrix unless in hand

look for fractures and chondrosarcoma

maffucis (>20% malignant ts), olliers
chondroblastoma
geographic lytic lesion
on ct chondroid matriox with thin marginal sclerosis

epiphysis
osteochondroma
metaphyseal

cortex and marrow continuity with host bone

cartilage cap < 1.5 cm in adults

multiple hereditary osteochondromas
bilateral metaphyseal widening

complications: neurovascular impingement, fracture, bursitis, malignant transformation into chondrosarcoma (>1.5 cm cartilage cap)
chondrosarcoma
3rd most common primary malignant tumor

pain

>4cm in axial skeleton or flat bone

cortical destruction (>2/3 cortical thickness destroyed)

soft tissue mass

bone scan activity increased
fibrous lesions
benign
fibrous dysplasia
NOF

malignant
fibrosarcoma
fibrous dysplasia
developmental lesion
<30 yo
sclerotic and/or lucent w/o periostitis

ground glass

long lesion in long bone

shepards crook deformity

monoostic (85%) or polyostotic (15%)

mccune albright
polyostotic FD
cafe au lait spots
precocious puberty

intense bone scan
NOF/FCD
most common lesion
<30 yo
NOF > 2cm and FCD < 2cm

metaphyses

eccentric, sclerotic margins, no breakthrough or soft tissue mass

dont touch lesion
fibrosarcoma and MFH
aggressive lysis, +/- bone sequestrum and wide zone of transition

soft tissue mass
vascular tumors
benign tumors
hemangioma
glomus tumor
ABC

malignant
angiosarcoma
hemangioma
benign proliferation of vascular channels

XR and CT-coarse calcification

coarse trabeculation on CT

high t1 on mri
glomus tumor
neuromyo-arterial glomus

sharply marginate erosion

distal phalynx
ABC
reactive vascular process

primary-trauma (2/3)

secondary-tumor (1/3)
GCT, CB, OB

expansile
rim of intact cortex/periosteum

well-defined
lesion with fluid-fluid levels
telangiectatic osteosarcoma
ABC
GCT
chondroblastoma
osteoblastoma
angiosarcoma
uncommon

like other sarcomas

aggressive lytic lesion with soft tissue mass

look for phleboliths
myeloma
most common primary skeletal malignancy

malignant plasma cells replace normal marrow

>40

red marrow (not distal skeleton)

multiple small punched out lytic lesions
plasmatcytoma
myeloma at single site

mm within 5 years
benign miscellaneous bone tumors
SBC
LCH (eg)
GCT
SBC (UBC)
true cyst in kids
lytic
narrow zone
expansile

metadiaphyseal
central
no periostitis unless fracture
fallen fragment sign

heal over time with sclerosis
LCH (EG)
proliferation of histiocytes of unknown cause

s/sx-simulate infection (fever, wbc)

px-depends on age and disease extent

geographic lytic lesion

non-sclerotic margin

no matrix

beveled edge (skull)

vertebra plana
localized LCH 70%
localized to bone
favorable px

geographic lytic lesion
non-sclerotic margin
no matrix
multifocal LCH 30%
multisystem involvement

younger-less favorable px
GCT
skeletally mature

eccentric lytic lesion

subarticular

nonsclerotic with narrow transition zone
miscellaneous malignant lesions
ewings

chordoma

adamatinoma

mets
ewing sarcoma
second most common primary malignant tumor in kids

small round blue cell tumor

aggressive

diaphysis, long bones
flat bones-aggressive, ill defined, no matrix

age peak 10-15 yo
chordoma
low grade from notochord remannts

locally aggressive
soft tissue mass

sacrum > clivus > vertebral body
adamantinoma
rare

variable aggerssiveness

low grade malignancy

bubbly eccetric lesion in tibial midshaft
mets
lytic
lung
kidney
breast

blastic
prostate
breast
bladder
volar plate fracture
>35-40% of articulating surface->surgical repair
gamekeepers thumb
usually skiing, rabbit handlers

involves ulnar collateral ligament

don't stress yourself, let patient stress

stenner lesion operative
monteggia fracture
proximal ulnar fracture
proximal radial dislocation
galleazzi fracture
distal radial fracture
distal ulnar dislocation
essex lopresti fracture
fracture of the radial head
dislocation of distal radioulnar joint
freidberg's infraction
avn of the second metatarsal head

long second metatarsal bone

high heels
fifth metatarsal fractures
avulsion of the tip-peroneus brevis tendon attaches, tx with hard boot

1 1/2 to 2 cm from articular surface->jones fractures, nonweightbearing
calcaneal fractures classification
ct sanders classification
ankle fractures-supination adduction
1. fibular fracture at or below the joint line
2. vertical fracture through the medial malleolus
ankle fractures-supination external rotation
1. angular fracture at the joint space at the fibular
2. ?? fibular fracture?
3. fracture of the posterior tibia
4. ??? medial malleolar fracture

look up
ankle fractures-pronation abduction
1. medial malleolar fracture
2. ?disruption of tibiofibular ligament
3. comminution of high fibular
fracture with communication and triangular fragment

look up
ankle fractures-pronation external rotation
1. transverse fx of medial malleolus or deltoid ligament injury?
2. posterior tibia or disruption of the tibfib ligament
3. and high fibula-> ask for knee film
4. ???posterior tibia

maissoneuve injury

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lateral process talar fracture
seen in snowboarders
pelvic injuries
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open book pelvic fractures with widening of the pubic symphysis
high correlation with severe bleeding and death.
key fractures from ucsf
48 skeletal trauma review
transverse acetabular fractures
separates iliac wing from obturator wing,

front to back fracture line
anterior column acetabular fracture
disruption of the ileopectineal line separating acetabulum into front and back halfs
peroneus brevis tendon tear
dorsiflexion/inversion
longitudinal splits
near lateral malleolus
segond fracture
avulsion lateral tibial rim

avulsion posterior ITB/lateral capsule

internal rotation, varus stress

>95% acl tears

40-66% meniscal tears
lat>med
spontaenous osteonecrosis aka SINK or SONC
spontaneous insufficiency fracture of the knee

acute onset of pain

stress reaction of weight bearing surface of medial femoral condyle

often associated with low bone mineral density and meniscal tear

ddx
ocd-closer to the notch of medial femoral condyle and in younger patients
infarcts
tansient osteoporosis
bone marrow edema syndrome of hip

m>f (third tri)

unknown etiology...poss stress related

self limited 2-9 mo

osteopenia of hip without narrowing

hot on bone scan

edema and effusion on MRI
acetabular labrum tear
hip pain, clicking, locking

predisposing conditions
femoroacetabular impingement
childhood hip dz
ddx
legg calve perthes
trauma
osteoarthritis
idiopathic
femoroacetabular impingement-abnormal contact between prox femur and acetabular rim with repetive motion->labral tears, cartilage damage
cam-type younger males
asphericity

pincer type acetabular overcoverage
ulnocarpal impaction
positive ulnar variance or long ulnar styloid

tfc degeneration and perforation

cartilage disruption

lunate and triquetrum
sclerosis, cysts, erosions

lt ligament tears
femoroacetabular impingement-abnormal contact between prox femur and acetabular rim with repetive motion->labral tears, cartilage damage
cam-type younger males
asphericity

pincer type acetabular overcoverage
ulnocarpal impaction
positive ulnar variance or long ulnar styloid

tfc degeneration and perforation

cartilage disruption

lunate and triquetrum
sclerosis, cysts, erosions

lt ligament tears
rotator cuff tear
tear from articular or bursal surface

may have
fluid in SA-SD bursa
muscle
retraction
atrophy
fatty infiltration
check condition of tendon edge
frayed edges are debrided prior to repair
hill sachs lesion
impaction fracture humeral head s/p anterior dislocation

top 2 cm of humeral head

75% recurrent dislocators

large defects engage glenoid upon dislocation
bankart lesion
detachment of anteroinferior labrum from inferior glenoid rim

disruption of scapular periosteal attachment

more common in younger patients with instability
alpsa lesion
anterior labroligamentous periosteal sleeve avulsion

intact scapular periosteum

balled up labrum inferomedial to glenoid
perthes lesion
avulsion of anterior inferior labrum

remains attached to scapular periosteum

better seen with aber positioning
suprascapular nerve entrapment
mixed motor and sensory nerve

originates from c4-c6

suprascapular notch
branches to supraspinatus

spinoglenoid notch
branches to infraspinatus
gout
ddx
infection
sarcoid
mets
synovial osteochondromatosis
primary
synovial metaplasia
monoarticular
knee primary location
2/3 ossify
tx with synovectomy

secondary
djd, avn, ocd
tx primary problem
smooth pressure erosions
pvns
synovial chondromatosis
synovial hemangioma
amyloid
erosive osteoarthritis
middle aged women

symmetric

pip, dip, 1st carpometacarpal joint
psoriatic arthritis
normal mineralization

asymmetry

sausage digit

uniform joint space narrowing

marginal erosions, dip, pip, carpals

pencil-in cup deformity

new bone formation
adjacent to marginal erosions
periosteal reaction
enthesopathy
normal mineralization
multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
unknown etiology

arthritis and nontender soft tissue noduels

dip erosions

women>men

25% malignancy
gout
asymmetric and sporadic

normal joint space

normal mineralization

tophi

punched out erosions, carpometacarpo and pip, dip joints, away from joint

overhanging edges

bone destruction
rheumatoid arthritis
location
carpus (ulnar styloid)
mcp and pip joints

erosions
bare areas
head of metacarpal
more prominent on radial side
no sclerosis or bone proliferation unless treated

bilateral symmetric

fusiform soft tissue swelling

early
osteopenia
fusiform soft tissue swelling
effusion
advanced
uniform narrowing
erosions
malalignment
subluxation
cppd
affects mcp, radiocarpal joints

less commonly pip and dip

mild erosions, mostly osteophytes

subchondral cysts maybe large

chondrocalcinosis present but not always

drooping osteophytes of radial carpal heads

think hemachromatosis, hyperparathyroidism, renal osteodystrophy

associated with SLAC wrist
scapholunate advanced collapse
widening of scapholunate articulation
capitate migration
sl tears
also could be assoc with rheumatoid and drillers

cppd of the hip
axial narrowing
+/- osteophytes
cysts common
cppd of other joitns
>50 yo

cppd knee
wrapped patella with patellofemoral joint and with saucerization of the distal femur on lateral
meniscal calcification
hemachromatosis
mcp narrowing

drooping osteophytes

osteopenia

systemic
darker skin
cirrhosis
juvenile idiopathic arthropathy
soft tissue swelling

osteopenia

periosteal reaction

overgrown epiphyses

premature epiphyseal fusion

narrrowing, erosions, and fusion later
joint infection
unilateral

diffuse narrowing

osteopenia

teardrop distance maybe increased

bulging fat planes
pigmented villonodular synovitis
monoarticular

knee (80%)

20-50 yo

hemosiderin

lack of joint space narrowing

subchondral cysts

treated with synovectomy if diffuse

ddx on mri
hemophilia
hemophilia
chronic hemarthrosis and intraosseous hemorrhage

osteopenia

increased density in effusions

enlarged epiphyses

subchondral cysts

secondary oa-sporadic and asymmetric

prominent intercondylar notch of knee, squaring of the patella, involvement of medial and lateral compartments

ddx
jia
reactive arthritis
calcaneal erosions
also maybe seen with other spondyloarthropathies

retrocalcaneal bursitis

ip joint great toe-osteitis
neuropathy
5 d's

density
debris
disorganization
dislocation
degeneration
neuroarthropathy
atrophic form

pseudosurgical

aunt minnie
syringomyelia in shoulder
high riding shoulder in the setting of arthropathy
cppd
ra
rheumatoid arthritis of the foot
location
tarsals (can fuse)
tarsometatarsal
mtp
pip

characteristics
subluxation
hallux valgus
erosions
med 1-4 mt head
lateral 5 mt head
bare areas
rheumatoid arthritis of the spine
atlantoaxial subluxation >3mm

basilar invagination

subaxial vertebral body subluxation

erosion
odontoid
facet joints
joints of luschka
ankylosing spondylitis
si joints
bilateral symmetric

spine
squaring
shiny corners
syndesmophytes
vertical, marginal on both sides of the disc
ankylosis

peripheral joints
hips, knees, ankles, shoulders
bone proliferation
psoriatic and reactive arthritis
sacroiliitis
bilateral, asymmetric

paravertebral ossification
non marginal
non vertical
coarse
one side of disc
HADD
hydroxyapatite deposition disease

deposit in tendons, ligaments, bursae, soft tissues

fluffy, amorphous (vs linear or punctate-cppd)

inflammatory response
soft tissue edema
bone erosion

difficult to visualize on mr
olecranon bursitis assoc with arthropathy
gout
ra
avn staging system (ficat)
stage 1
normal xr
abnl mri or bs-line of demarcation between necrotic and viable bone

stage 2-trabecular changes
patchy sclerosis and lucency

stage 3
segmental flattening or collapse

stage 4
secondary oa of join

tx
early-stage 1 and 2, core decompresion

stage 4-total joint replacement
slap tear
high signal in superior labrum perpendicular to to superior recess

linear high signal posterior to the anchor
sarcoidosis
lace-like trabecular pattern

fusiform soft tissue swelling

patchy sclerosis
OPLL
idiopathic

men peaks in 50s

cspine>95%

asx versus myelopathy

assoc with dish
DISH
idiopathic

older men

flowing ossification over 4 continuous levels

disk height normal, excludes ddd

si joints are normal
neurofibromatosis
mesodermal dysplasia

bone involvement >=80%

tibia
bowing
pathologic fracture
pseudarthrosis

spine
scoliosis +/- kyphosis
posterior scalloping
ddx
marfans, ehlers danlos
dural ectasia
mass
anterior scalloping
ddx
mesodermal dysplasia
lad
aortic aneurysm
tb
intarvertebral vacuum cleft-collapsed vertebral body with lucency
osteonecrosis +/- steroids

delayed post-traumatic collapse
kummell disease
makes unlikely
infection
malignancy
vertebral plana
eg
osteoporosis-steroids
tumor-mets, myeloma
trauma
gaucher's disease
marrow infiltration
erlenmeyer flask deformity
osteonecrosis
paget's disease
osteitis deformans

chronic skeletal dz
disorders bone remodeling

unknown cause, probably paramyxovirus

3 phases
1 lytic-osteoclastic
well defined lysis
nonsclerotic margins
travels down bone->
flame shaped
blade of grass
2. mixed
trabecular coarsening
osseous expansion
cortical thickening
3. sclerotic-osteoblastic
ivory vert body
ddx
osteoblastic met
lymphoma

picture frame vertebral body
osteoporosis circumscripta
cotton wool

complications
1. bone weakening
bowing
osseous expansion
cortical thickening
insufficiency stress fracture
2. neurologic compromisee
spinal stenosis
3. sarcomatous transformation
diffuse periostitis
chronic venous stasis
caffey disease
thryoid acropachy
hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
primary-familial, idiopathic
mostly secondary to
pulmonary-bronchogenic ca
pleural-mesothelioma
cardiac-congenital heart disease
abd-ibd
arthritis w/ osteoporosis
ra
jca
arthritis-disuse or steroids
septic arthritis +/- osteo
arthritis without osteoporosis
seronegative-psoriatic arthritis
gout
synovial osteochondromatosis
pvns
arthritis with preservation of joint space
synovial osteochondromatosis
pvns
tb-phemisters triad
acute pyogenic osteomyelitis and arthritis
radiographs

acute
24-48 hours
soft tissue swelling, air
loss of fat plans
7-10 days
intramedullary destrxn
2-4 weeks
cortical destruction
endosteal scalloping
periosteal reaction'
6-8 weeks
sequestrum
involucrum
sequestrum
necrotic bone isolated by granulation tissue

can persist, reabsorb, or extrude through sinus tract

often multiple

ddx
osteoid osteoma
mfh
mets
lymphoma
involucrum
reactive new bone produced beneath elevated periosteum by infection

more common in younger patients
bordie's abscess
form of subacute osteomyelitis

geographic lytic lesion

may contain sequestrum

metaphyseal

cortical or medullary

sinus tract

may cross growth plate
sclerosing osteomyelitis
osteomyelitis of garre

subacute form of osteomyelitis with dense sclerosis

ddx
lymphoma
mets
chronic osteomyelitis
mixed lytic and sclerotic lesions with thickened cortex

deformity

reactivation of acute osteomyeltiis
new lytic destruction or periosteal reaction
septic arthritis
monoarticular

joint effusion
increased teardrop distance >1mm from other side

soft tissue swelling

osteopenia

uniform joint space narrowing

erosion

mri
joint effusion
soft tissue edema
synovial enhancement
usually uniform jt narrow
erosions
bone marrow edema
pyogenic osteomyeltiis spine
irregular vertebral enplate
due to hematogenous spread to vessels near vertebral body endplate

disc space narrowing

paraspinal mass

vertebral collapse

fusion

MRI
decreased si on t1
increased si on t2
fluid in intervertebral space
gad enhancement unless abscess
sickle cell osteo
salmonella typical
staph common

diaphyseal

infection frequent in areas of infarction
diabetic foot infection
mri preferred

demonstrates infection extent

normal marrow or low s1 on t2 excludes osteo

abnormal marrow can be tricky
neuropathic foot mimics
insufficiency fracture
reactive edema in cellulitis
osteomyelitis complications
joint involvement
leg-length discrepancy

slipped epiphysis

avn

pathologic fracture

squamous cell carcinoma with chronic osteo with 3 year interval
chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO or SAPHO)
subacute and chronic osteo of unknown cause

multiple and symmetric bone invovlement
predilection for lower extremity metaphyses, tubular bones and medial ends of clavicles in pediatric patients

osteolysis with intense sclerosis

does not respond to antibiotic therapy

synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis

ddx
fibrous dysplasia
pagets disease
tb osteomyelitis
1-3% skeletal involvement

hematogenous spread
lung (active in 50%)
gu tract

3-24 months to appear on radiographs

cold abscess

sequestra uncommon
spinal tb
most common osseous site

50% of skeletal tb at spine

starts anterior adjacent to the endplate

endplate erosion

anterior scalloping due to extension along ant long ligament

multiple segments

subacute

extensive abcesses maybe epidural

vertebral destruction and disc invovlement relatively late

ddx
lymphoma-can leave cortex intact, diffuse enhancing paraspinal soft tissue mass
tb dactylitis
"spina ventosa"

infants and young children

often multifocal

sts, periostitis, bone involvement, fracture

ddx
jra
sickle cell
other infections
syphillis
congenital or acquired

wimbergers sign
symmetric lesions, medial metaphysis proximal tibia

periostitis

saber shin deformity-anterior bowing of tibia, later stages

gummas-sterile bones abscesses of tertiary syphillis
fungal infections
coccidiomycosis
punched out lytic lesions
abscess
can mimic bone or soft tissue tumor
blastomycosis
abcess and fistulas
cryptococcosis
actinomycosis
lung and jaw
maduramycosis
madura foot
rubella
transmitted from mother to fetus in first trimester

radiographs
medial metaphyseal beaking
irregular metaphysis with celery stalking

ddx
toxoplasmosis
cmv
pyomyositis
immunosuppressed patients

can have abscess

ddx
trauma
strain
contusion
myositis ossificans
infarction
reflux sympathetic dystrophy
profound and periarticular osteopenia

bone scan
diffuse periarticular uptake
3rd phase most accurate
rickets
bowing of long bones

metaphysis and physis
widening and fraying, cupping, and slipping

knee
wrist
costochondral junction-rachitic rosary
rickets and osteomalacia
abnormal mineralization
growth plate (rickets)
mature bone (osteomalacia)

vitamin deficiency
liver or kidney disease (2 hydroxylations to be active)
gi malabsorption
dietary deficiency

generalized demineralization
coarse trabeculae
osteomalacia
looser's zone "pseudofracture"

unmineralized osteoid
linear lucency
traverse part of bone

common sites
proximal femur
lateral sapula
tibia
hyperparathyroidism
subperiosteal resoprtion-radial aspect of phalanges, medial aspect of proximal tibia,

trabecular resorption-salt and pepper skull

subligamentous resorptions-undersurface of clavicle

subchondral resorption-distal clavicle, si joints

brown tumor

primary-autonomous hyperfuctnion
adenoma>hyperplasia

secondary
chronic renal failure, malabsorption

tertiary form

1 bone resorption
generalized osteopenia
brown tumors
subperiosteal, trabecular, subligamentous, subchondral
renal osteodystrophy
ruggery jersey spine-bands of endplate sclerosis

due to secondary hyperparathyroidism and osteomalacia in renal failure

get
bone resorption, subperiosteal, trabecular, subligamentous, subchondral

osteomalacia-coarse and indistinct trabeculae

dense bones

brown tumors

soft tissue calcifciation
common

vascular

periarticular
tumor calcinosis

dystrophic calcification
hypoparathyroidism
deficiency of pth production
usually post-surgical->hypocalcemia

xr
osteosclerosis
soft tissue calcifications
subcutaneous
basal ganglia
pseudo and pseudo pseudo hypoparathyroidism
characteristic somatotype
obese and short stature
brachydactyly

soft tissue calcifications
and short metacarpals
hypothyroidism
delayed skeletal maturation

wormian bones

epiphyseal dysgenesis
stippled, coned, fragmented

scfe
hyperthyroidism
kids
accelerated skeletal maturation

adults
osteoporosis
thyroid acropachy
clinical

<1% of hyperthyroidism patients

after tx (usually no longer hyperthyroid)

fluffy periostitis
soft tissue swelling
acromegaly
kids
gigantism
advanced height and bone age

adults
acromegaly
bone and soft tissue overgrowth in acral regions
thickened heel pad
enthesophytes
distal phalanx enlarged with spade like tufts
large frontal sinus
large sella turcica
scurvy
hypovitaminosis c

abnormal collagen

decreased bone production->osteoporosis

hemorrhage->subperiosteal

relative sclerosis at epiphysis
wimburgers sign, rim of sclerosis surrounding osteoporosis

corner fractures

metaphysis (white line of frankel)

ddx
torch
syphillis
neuroblastoma

medication
methotrexate
tarsal sinus syndrome
trauma, mostly inversion sprain

inflammatory arthritis

check lateral ligaments, ptt

can't make diagnosis in acute ankle

MRI
darkened out on T1
high intensity on T1
chordoma
ddx
chondrosarcoma
giant cell tumor
plasmacytoma
mets
from vertebral body
bone destruction and anterior soft tissue mass
metatarsal stress fracture
may not seen fracture line

soft tissue edema can prevail
capitellar ocd
unstable if surrounded by t2 signal, contrast, or cystic signal

complete ossification of capitellum, loose bodies

ddx-panners=osteochondrosis (osteonecrosis)- affects ages 5-11 yo, ossification of capitellum incomplete
discoid meniscus
singal does not have to extend to the edge to be a tear

not all are complete
achilles partial tear/tendinopathy
rounded tendon
loss of anterior concavity
giant cell tumor
ddx
chondroblastoma
chondrosarcoma, mets, multiple myeloma
post traumatic cyst
geode
bucket handle meniscal tear
unstable vertical tear

pain, locking

double delta sign
benign myxoma
ddx
hematoma
abscess
neurofibroma

enhancement variable

benign vs malignant on mri-overlap exists

favoring malignant
large >5cm
increased heterogeneity
deep
benign compression deformity of the spine
osteoporotic vs pathologic

both show abnormal t1 signal in first 3-6 months

retropulsion suggests benign fracture

preservation of some marrow suggests benign fracture
enchondroma vs chondrosarcoma
ddx
low grade chondrosarcoma

hands and feet-chondrosarcomas rare

spine and pelvis with soft tissue mass=sarcoma-enchondromas rare here

f/u in absence of new or increasing symptoms
multiple myeloma imaging
three patterns
focal most common
diffuse
variegated
polycythemia vera
ddx
reconversion
infiltration-myeloproliferative d/o
depletion
edema
ischemia

normal marrow brighter than muscle on t1 and than disc in spine