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Ossification of Carpal Bones

It’s always tricky to remember the age of ossification of the carpal bones
Carpal Bones ... of the carpal bones ... of the bones of ... -6-7 years for Triquetral ... #Carpal #Bones
Age of Ossification of Carpal Bones
Capitate - 1 Month
Hamate - 2 Months
Triquetral - 3 Years
Lunate -
of Carpal Bones ... Hamate - 2 Months Triquetral ... of the carpal bones ... #Age #Carpal #Bones ... #wrist #radiology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Generally affects long bones ... • XR, MRI to ... • Differentiate ... BrighamChiefs #Bone
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
fragmentation and mild bone ... possible secondary ossification ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... marrow edema and bony
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
inflammatory disorder of bone ... swelling of the bone ... • Bone and joint ... Rule out other causes ... - MRI: inflammation
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid gland structure-related
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism
 • Parathyroid adenoma
 • Parathyroid hyperplasia
 • Parathyroid
D) Increased bone ... Paget's disease of bone ... Multiple myeloma (bone ... • Milk-alkali syndrome ... endocrinology #diagnosis #differential
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Decreased intake/absorption: Starvation, Alcoholism, Malabsorption, Phosphate binder use
 • Redistribution/
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... malabsorption), Hungry bone ... syndrome • Renal ... Hypophosphatemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... Postparathyroidectomy (hungry bone ... metastasis (hungry bone ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes ... #diagnosis #differential
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain - Differential ... fractured long bone ... Marfan's Syndrome ... • Dislocated Bone ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
- Gitelman syndrome ... Pancreatitis - Hungry bones ... syndrome Dr. ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Classification #Causes