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1
Q

Osteomalacia in Adults and children called?

A

Adult rickets and rickets

2
Q

Osteomalacia clinical findings (3)

A

general muscle weakness, bone pain and deformities

3
Q

Childhood equivalent of osteomalacia in an adult?

A

rickets

4
Q

age prominent for rickets?

A

6-12 months

5
Q

Rickets is rare in _____ _____ countries?

A

First world

6
Q

Rickets caused from a deficiency in (4)?

A
  1. Vit D
  2. Ca++
  3. P
  4. sunlight
7
Q

Major clinical finding in rickets?

A

Muscle tetany

8
Q

Rickets: soft tissue swellings around _____ ______

A

growth plates

9
Q

Rickets: __ to _______ cartilage

A

2 degree to hypertrophied

10
Q

Rickets: Anterior rib cage - costochondral bumps = ?

A

rachitic rosary

11
Q

Rickets: growth plate changes? (2)

A
  1. cartilage cells grow normally

2. fail to calcify

12
Q

Result of generalized ______ due to the ____ in uncalcified osteoid

A

lucency, increase

13
Q

Growth plate: healed if - ?

A

opaque metaphyseal line is visualized.

14
Q

Rachitic bone is an ______ of lucency/osteopenia

A

increase

15
Q

Rickets has a ______ growth plate of long bones

A

widened

16
Q

Irregular, frayed and cupped ______ _____

A

Metaphyseal margin

17
Q

Paintbrush Metaphysis

A

Rickets

18
Q

Rickets has a lack of zone ______ ______ - until healing

A

provisional calcification

19
Q

Rickets radiographic findings (just recognize)

A
Bowing deformities
fx's
decreased bone length 
scoliosis 
pseudo-fx's
rachitic rosary
20
Q

Rickets: administer _______ supplements

A

Vit. D

21
Q

Some bone deformities require ____ _____

A

corrective osteotomies