Fluorosis — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The only two characteristics consistently present in all patients with osteogenesis imperfecta are_____ and fractures.

Answer:  generalized osteoporosis

Flashcard 2: What is the earliest clinical symptom of corticosteroid-induced osteonecrosis?

Answer: Pain (typically localized to the joint involved)

Extra: Pain is the earliest clinical symptom of avascular necrosis (AVN). In the hip, it is often felt in the groin and is worsened by weight-bearing. Decreased range of motion (stiffness) and a limp generally develop later, as the disease progresses or the joint surface collapses.

Flashcard 3: _____ is the most common cause of isolated elevated alkaline phosphatase in patients > 40 years old

Answer: Paget disease of bone

Flashcard 4: Treatment for Paget disease of bone includes _____ and bisphosphonates

Answer: calcitonin

Flashcard 5: _____ fracture by radiography, CT, MRI, or VFA is an indication for parathyroidectomy in patients with asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism

Answer: Vertebral

Flashcard 6: Paget disease of bone is usually _____ostotic

Answer: poly

Flashcard 7: _____ fracture is a complication of Paget's disease of bone

Answer: Banana

Flashcard 8: Osteoporosis is most commonly due to decreased _____ levels or increased age

Answer: estrogen

Flashcard 9: Osteopetrosis is due to poor osteo-_____ function, impairing the ability to remodel bone

Answer: clast

Flashcard 10: _____ is caused by an inherited defect in bone resorption

Answer: Osteopetrosis