Musculoskeletal Radiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 41: A patient on prolonged bisphosphonates with suspicion of atypical femur fractures should be diagnosed with a _____

Answer: simple x-ray

Flashcard 42: If Ewing's sarcoma is suspected on X-ray, the next investigation to be done would be an _____

Answer: MRI

Flashcard 43: _____ view on X-ray is used for diagnosing Hill-Sachs lesion

Answer: Stryker notch

Flashcard 44: _____ view on x-ray is used for diagnosing subtalar joint injuries

Answer: Broden

Flashcard 45: The _____ sign is seen in spinal metastases.

Answer: winking owl

Flashcard 46: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) typically presents with solitary or multiple punched-out lytic lesions (with/without) a sclerotic rim?

Answer: Without a sclerotic rim

Extra: LCH lesions are well-defined, 'punched-out' lytic lesions without a sclerotic margin. In the skull, they often exhibit a 'beveled edge' appearance due to unequal involvement of the inner and outer tables.

Flashcard 47: _____ tooth due to loss of lamina dura is seen in Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Answer: Floating

Flashcard 48: Radiological features of scurvy: Generalised _____

Answer: osteopenia

Flashcard 49: _____ angle, also called the calcaneal angle or tuber joint angle, is the angle between two lines tangent to the calcaneus on the lateral radiograph

Answer: Böhler's

Flashcard 50: Normal Insall-Salvati ratio is _____

Answer: 0.8 - 1.2