RADIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY CHAPTER 2 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

RADIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY CHAPTER 2 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
1. Which primary bone tumor should be investigated with the utilization of CT?

a. Osteosarcoma

b. Osteoid osteoma

c. Chondrosarcoma

d. Ewing sarcoma - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANS: B



2. A patient presents to his physician with anterior shoulder pain for several months. He has had no
recent injury and there is no relief with NSAIDs, ice, heat, and gentle range-of-motion exercises.
Radiographs of the shoulder demonstrate small microcalcifications of the subacromial space. What is
the differential diagnosis?

a. Rotator cuff tear

b. Labral tear

c. Calcific tendinitis

d. Anterior shoulder dislocation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANS: C



3. Which of the following characteristics does NOT assist in the differentiation between a primary
metastatic bone lesion as compared to a secondary metastatic bone lesion?

a. Soft tissue mass

b. Periosteal reaction

c. Length of lesion

d. Calcification of blood vessels - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANS: D



4. What skeletal pathology presents radiographically with a "soap bubble" appearance?

a. Giant cell tumor

b. Ewing sarcoma

c. Osteoid osteoma

d. Osteoblastoma - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANS: A

, 5. Osteopetrosis requires what type of technical factor change?

a. Increase

b. Decrease

c. No change - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANS: A



6. Tenosynovitis requires what type of technical factor change?

a. Increase

b. Decrease

c. No change - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANS: C



7. Which neoplasm involves a nidus?

a. Osteoid osteoma

b. Osteoblastoma

c. Osteosarcoma

d. Paget disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANS: A



8. Which disease is congenital?

a. Pott disease

b. Osteoporosis

c. Paget disease

d. Osteogenesis imperfecta - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANS: D



9. Spondylolysis is a result of a cleft or defect in the vertebral:

a. pedicle.

b. lamina.

c. spinous process.

d. pars interarticularis. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANS: D