Items tagged “bone”
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Os subfibulare
Os subfibulare is an accessory ossicle that lies at the tip of the lateral malleolus of the ankle and is rarely reported 1.
Clinical presentation
Os subfibulare are usually asymptomatic although they may eventually cause painful syndromes or degenerative change in response to overuse and traum...
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Os subtibiale
An os subtibiale is a rare, genuine accessory ossicle and normal variant related to the posterior colliculus of the medial malleolus 1. It is present in ~1% of the population 5.
Clinical presentation
They usually are asymptomatic although they may eventually cause painful syndromes or degener...
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Parosteal osteosarcoma
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01 Apr 2013
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Accessory superior acetabular notch
An accessory superior acetabular notch is a normal variant of the acetabulum, which can be seen on radiographs. It may lead to diagnostic confusion, especially in younger patients.
Radiographic features
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appear as bilateral symmetric fluid-filled pits in the roof of the acetabulum with sh...
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Bony metastasis from small cell lung carcinoma
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12 Apr 2013
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Osteopetrosis (primary)
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14 Apr 2013
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism
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06 May 2013
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CT
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Myelofibrosis
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27 May 2013
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Os hamuli proprium
The hook of the hamate has its own ossification center, which may fail to fuse with the body of the hamate, creating an ossicle. This ossicle is referred to as an os hamuli proprium or unfused hamulus
In some instances, this can be difficult to distinguish from a fracture of the hook, but is s...
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Giant cell tumor
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05 Jun 2013
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Diffuse bony metastases from breast cancer
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07 Jun 2013
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CT
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Osteomyelitis - post amputation
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21 Jun 2013
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Osteitis pubis
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23 Jun 2013
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CT
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Accessory ossicles of the wrist (mnemonic)
The accessory ossicles of the wrist can be easily recalled with the mnemonics:
LOTTEO 1
HOTELS
Mnemonics
LOTTEO
L: lunula
O: os styloideum (carpal boss)
T: (os) triangulare
T: (os) trapezium secondarium
E: (os) epilunate
O: os hamuli proprium
HOTELS
H: (os) hamuli proprium
O: os tri...
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Accessory ossicles of the wrist
Accessory ossicles of the wrist are commonly seen on plain radiographs of the wrist and associated cross-sectional imaging. Over 20 were originally described 2, although the more common include 1:
lunula: between TFCC and triquetrum
os styloideum (carpal boss): on dorsal surface of 2nd or 3rd ...
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Periosteal reactions (diagram)
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08 Jul 2013
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Multipartite hallux sesamoid
Multipartite hallux sesamoids are a commonly seen normal variant, present in up to 33% of hallux sesamoids. They are more commonly bipartite than tripartite.
The medial (tibial) sesamoid is more likely to be multipartite than the lateral (fibular) sesamoid because it more commonly has more tha...
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Angiosarcoma (bone)
Angiosarcoma of bone is a malignant vascular bone tumor. These are rare and account for <1% of malignant bone tumors. The majority of these tumors arising in bone are primary; however, a tiny percentage are either radiation-induced or associated with bone infarction.
Epidemiology
Most common i...
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Bone terminology (diagram)
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17 Jun 2014
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Diagram
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Paget disease: with blade of grass sign
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03 Aug 2014
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