Lower Limb Imaging - Part 2 (Msq Drill 186)

1. A trimalleolar fracture can just be splinted.True or false?

True

False, it is an unstable fracture that cannot just be splinted.

2. Most pelvic avulsion fractures occur where the muscles attach to the pelvis. True or false?

True

False

3. The end of the long bone is kown as the:

Epiphysis

Diaphysis

Costochondral ridge

4. What is the weakest part of the femur. It is usually the site of femoral fractures?

Body

Head

Neck

5. What joint is most frequently affected by avascular necrosis?

Elbow

Hip

Knee

Ankle mortise

6. Congential hip dysplasia usually occurs in:

Toddlers

Preschool children

Newborns

7. Can you do ultrasound for congenital hip dysplasia as well?

Yes

No

8. Avascular necrosis in an adult is usually primary or secondary?

Primary

Secondary

9. Can you see bony fragments floating in the joint space in a patient with osteocondritis dessicans?

Yes

No

10. Do patients with Legg-calve-perthess usually present with pain or with a limp or with bone

Pain only

Limp only

Pain and limp at times

11. A fracture that goes through the base of the metatarsals is known as a:

Metatarsalis fracture

Lisfrac fracture

Colle's fractures

12. Calcification of the cartillage is known as:

Osteocalcinosis

Ossification

Chrondrocalcinosis

13. An early sign of Osgood schlatter is:

Uncontrollable pain

Soft tissue swelling

Bruising

14. What is the easiest way to diagnose avascular necrosis in an adult?

CT

MRI

15. The most frequent cause of Neuropathic Charcot is __________ .

Smoking

Excessive exercise

Aging

Diabetes

16. What is the most frequent fracture in the foot?

Talus fracture

Subtalar fracture

Jones fracture

17. A pelvis is a ring structure, so a pelvic fracture will almost always involve ______ fracture points.

1

2

3

4

18.
*** A maisonneuve fracture affects the medial or lateral malleolus?

Medial malleolus

Lateral malleolus

Neither

19. Legg-calve perthes disease has the following characteristics

May be caused by avascular necrosis

Involves the femoral capital bone

May be caused by drugs

Affects the people who may have had trauma, surgery or have taken steroid

Sicke cell anemia patients

usually between ages 4-8, head eventually flattens out, sclerotic border.

Explanation

usually between ages 4-8, head eventually flattens out, sclerotic border.

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20. To see the SI joints on X-ray, which is the best view to use?

AP

Oblique

21. Patients with neuropathic Charcot have lost their _________ sensation?

Temperature

Vibration

Pain

22. Which of the following characteristics will you find in a patient diagnosed with a slipped capital epiphysis?

Active

Involves epiphyseal plate in adolescents

More common in boys betwee 10-17

Can lead to leg length discrepancy

Obese

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23. To look for joint effusions in the knee which view is the best?

AP

Lateral

PA

24. Most of the fractures in the foot run in which direction?

Transverse

Vertical

Horizontal

This has implications because of growth plates

Explanation

This has implications because of growth plates

25. Do not forget to look for a fracture in the ___________ in the patient with a maissoneve fracture?

Distal fibula

Proximal fibular

Distal femur

26. What test would you use for Legg-calve-perthes disease?

CT

MRI

27. An apophysis is a secondary ossification center that contributes to the growth of the bone, is it part of the joint?

Yes

No

28. The slip in a slipped capital epiphysis is usually in a

Posterior lateral direction

Anterior posterior direction

Posterior medial direction

29. Bone scans are highly sensitive to:

Bone degeneration processes

Bone healing processes

30. Are Charcot arthropathic joints usually osteoporotic?

Yes

No

No because the patients don't feel any pain so they keep using the joints.

Explanation

No because the patients don't feel any pain so they keep using the joints.

Lower Limb Imaging - Part 2 (Msq Drill 186)

1. A trimalleolar fracture can just be splinted.True or false?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Most pelvic avulsion fractures occur where the muscles attach to the pelvis. True or false?

3. The end of the long bone is kown as the:

4. What is the weakest part of the femur. It is usually the site of femoral fractures?

5. What joint is most frequently affected by avascular necrosis?

6. Congential hip dysplasia usually occurs in:

7. Can you do ultrasound for congenital hip dysplasia as well?

8. Avascular necrosis in an adult is usually primary or secondary?

9. Can you see bony fragments floating in the joint space in a patient with osteocondritis dessicans?

10. Do patients with Legg-calve-perthess usually present with pain or with a limp or with bone

11. A fracture that goes through the base of the metatarsals is known as a:

12. Calcification of the cartillage is known as:

13. An early sign of Osgood schlatter is:

14. What is the easiest way to diagnose avascular necrosis in an adult?

15. The most frequent cause of Neuropathic Charcot is __________ .

16. What is the most frequent fracture in the foot?

17. A pelvis is a ring structure, so a pelvic fracture will almost always involve ______ fracture points.

18. *** A maisonneuve fracture affects the medial or lateral malleolus?

19. Legg-calve perthes disease has the following characteristics

20. To see the SI joints on X-ray, which is the best view to use?

21. Patients with neuropathic Charcot have lost their _________ sensation?

22. Which of the following characteristics will you find in a patient diagnosed with a slipped capital epiphysis?

23. To look for joint effusions in the knee which view is the best?

24. Most of the fractures in the foot run in which direction?

25. Do not forget to look for a fracture in the ___________ in the patient with a maissoneve fracture?

26. What test would you use for Legg-calve-perthes disease?

27. An apophysis is a secondary ossification center that contributes to the growth of the bone, is it part of the joint?

28. The slip in a slipped capital epiphysis is usually in a

29. Bone scans are highly sensitive to:

30. Are Charcot arthropathic joints usually osteoporotic?

18.
*** A maisonneuve fracture affects the medial or lateral malleolus?