Hyperparathyroidism — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: 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 2: Interosseous membrane ossification is characteristic of _____.

Answer: fluorosis

Flashcard 3: _____ abnormalities are the most striking feature of Marfan syndrome.

Answer: Skeletal

Flashcard 4: A patient on prolonged bisphosphonates with suspicion of atypical femur fractures should be diagnosed with a _____

Answer: simple x-ray

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: Treatment for osteoporotic destruction of vertebrae is _____ using inflation of balloon and injecting bone cement

Answer: kyphoplasty

Flashcard 8: _____ fracture is a complication of Paget's disease of bone

Answer: Banana

Flashcard 9: Osteoporosis is most commonly due to decreased _____ levels or increased age

Answer: estrogen

Flashcard 10: Osteopetrosis is due to poor osteo-_____ function, impairing the ability to remodel bone

Answer: clast