Radiology and Pathology Chapter 2
Which primary bone tumor should be investigated with the utilization of CT?
a. Osteosarcoma
b. Osteoid osteoma
c. Chondrosarcoma
d. Ewing sarcoma correct answers B
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 answers C
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 answers D
What skeletal pathology presents radiographically with a "soap bubble" appearance?
a. Giant cell tumor
b. Ewing sarcoma
c. Osteoid osteoma
d. Osteoblastoma correct answers A
Osteopetrosis requires what type of technical factor change?
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. No change correct answers A
Tenosynovitis requires what type of technical factor change?
a. Increase
, b. Decrease
c. No change correct answers C
Which neoplasm involves a nidus?
a. Osteoid osteoma
b. Osteoblastoma
c. Osteosarcoma
d. Paget disease correct answers A
Which disease is congenital?
a. Pott disease
b. Osteoporosis
c. Paget disease
d. Osteogenesis imperfecta correct answers D
Spondylolysis is a result of a cleft or defect in the vertebral:
a. pedicle.
b. lamina.
c. spinous process.
d. pars interarticularis. correct answers D
Diploë is specific to cancellous bone located in what anatomic structure?
a. Femur
b. Humerus
c. Sternum
d. Skull correct answers D
A 15-year-old male patient presents for a right knee series after sustaining a varus
injury while playing football. AP, lateral, and both oblique radiographs of the knee
demonstrate an avulsion fracture of the lateral tibial plateau (Segond fracture). What
additional imaging modality would be best utilized in the diagnosis for this patient?
a. CT
b. Knee arthrography
c. MRI
d. Nuclear medicine correct answers C
Heberden nodes and Bouchard nodes are associated with what skeletal pathology?
a. Osteomyelitis
b. Osteoarthritis
c. Paget disease
Which primary bone tumor should be investigated with the utilization of CT?
a. Osteosarcoma
b. Osteoid osteoma
c. Chondrosarcoma
d. Ewing sarcoma correct answers B
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 answers C
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 answers D
What skeletal pathology presents radiographically with a "soap bubble" appearance?
a. Giant cell tumor
b. Ewing sarcoma
c. Osteoid osteoma
d. Osteoblastoma correct answers A
Osteopetrosis requires what type of technical factor change?
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. No change correct answers A
Tenosynovitis requires what type of technical factor change?
a. Increase
, b. Decrease
c. No change correct answers C
Which neoplasm involves a nidus?
a. Osteoid osteoma
b. Osteoblastoma
c. Osteosarcoma
d. Paget disease correct answers A
Which disease is congenital?
a. Pott disease
b. Osteoporosis
c. Paget disease
d. Osteogenesis imperfecta correct answers D
Spondylolysis is a result of a cleft or defect in the vertebral:
a. pedicle.
b. lamina.
c. spinous process.
d. pars interarticularis. correct answers D
Diploë is specific to cancellous bone located in what anatomic structure?
a. Femur
b. Humerus
c. Sternum
d. Skull correct answers D
A 15-year-old male patient presents for a right knee series after sustaining a varus
injury while playing football. AP, lateral, and both oblique radiographs of the knee
demonstrate an avulsion fracture of the lateral tibial plateau (Segond fracture). What
additional imaging modality would be best utilized in the diagnosis for this patient?
a. CT
b. Knee arthrography
c. MRI
d. Nuclear medicine correct answers C
Heberden nodes and Bouchard nodes are associated with what skeletal pathology?
a. Osteomyelitis
b. Osteoarthritis
c. Paget disease
