Week 8 - Rickets

Question 1

Osteomalacia in Adults and children called?

Answer 1

Adult rickets and rickets

Question 2

Osteomalacia clinical findings (3)

Answer 2

general muscle weakness, bone pain and deformities

Question 3

Childhood equivalent of osteomalacia in an adult?

Answer 3

rickets

Question 4

age prominent for rickets?

Answer 4

6-12 months

Question 5

Rickets is rare in _____ _____ countries?

Answer 5

First world

Question 6

Rickets caused from a deficiency in (4)?

Answer 6

1. Vit D
2. Ca++
3. P
4. sunlight

Question 7

Major clinical finding in rickets?

Answer 7

Muscle tetany

Question 8

Rickets: soft tissue swellings around _____ ______

Answer 8

growth plates

Question 9

Rickets: __ to _______ cartilage

Answer 9

2 degree to hypertrophied

Question 10

Rickets: Anterior rib cage - costochondral bumps = ?

Answer 10

rachitic rosary

Question 11

Rickets: growth plate changes? (2)

Answer 11

1. cartilage cells grow normally

2. fail to calcify

Question 12

Result of generalized ______ due to the ____ in uncalcified osteoid

Answer 12

lucency, increase

Question 13

Growth plate: healed if - ?

Answer 13

opaque metaphyseal line is visualized.

Question 14

Rachitic bone is an ______ of lucency/osteopenia

Answer 14

increase

Question 15

Rickets has a ______ growth plate of long bones

Answer 15

widened

Question 16

Irregular, frayed and cupped ______ _____

Answer 16

Metaphyseal margin

Question 17

Paintbrush Metaphysis

Answer 17

Rickets

Question 18

Rickets has a lack of zone ______ ______ - until healing

Answer 18

provisional calcification

Question 19

Rickets radiographic findings (just recognize)

Answer 19

Bowing deformities
fx's
decreased bone length 
scoliosis 
pseudo-fx's
rachitic rosary

Question 20

Rickets: administer _______ supplements

Answer 20

Vit. D

Question 21

Some bone deformities require ____ _____

Answer 21

corrective osteotomies