Final
00Test #1
Final
EXAM 1
Arthritides and Arthropathies
To provide a method to logically exercise approach the radiographic findings in arthritis
Categories of Bone Disease- common abbreviation is CATBITES
C: Congenital (Normal finding) – achondroplasia, dwarfism, etc
A: Arthritides – arthritis, spondylitis, etc
T: Trauma – fractures, etc
B: Hematological (blood) – osteonocrosis, sickle cell, thallesemia
I: Infection – pyogenic infection, TB, staph, etc
T: Tumors - malignancies
E: Endocrine, metabolic, nutritional – osteoporosis, hyper parathyroidism, rickets, scurvy, etc
S: Soft tissue – catch all, lymphomas, etc
Degenerative Disorders: characterized by osteophytes- degenerative bone
OA, EOA, DISH, Neurotrophic Arthropathy, OPLL
Inflammatory Disorders: characterized by erosion and peri-articular osteopenia
Rheumatoid Types – RA and JRA
Connective Tissue Arthropathies – SLE and Scleroderma
Rheumatoid Variants (Serum Negative RH Factor Group)
HLAB27 test Positive
Presence of sacraliliatis
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Enteropathic Arthropathy
Psoriatic Arthropathy (Psoriasis)
Reiter’s Syndrome
Endocrine and Metabolic Related Disorders (Crystal Deposition Joint Diseases)
Gout -(Sodium Urea Crystals), CPDD, HADD, Ochronosis
Primary Synovial Disorders
Synoviochondrometaplasia (SVCM)(Joint Mouse)
Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVN’s)
Infectious Arthritis
Pyogenic (puss forming) Arthritis – Staph Infection
Non pyogenic Arthritis – TB, Fungal infections
Miscellaneous Disorders
Osteitis Condensans Ilii (OCI) – bilateral triangular shaped sclerosis of the ileum or medial clavicle
Osteitis Pubis – erosion and sclerosis of pubic symphysis
Hypertophic Osteoarthropathy (HPO) – periostitis with double stripe sign – digital clubbing
Classification of Articulations
Motion Based Classification – Synarthrosis, Ampiarthrosis, Diarthrosis
Histological Based Classification
Fibrous Joints – Syndesmosis,