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XRay Changes in Rheumatic Conditions

Aka: XRay Changes in Rheumatic Conditions

Finding: Decreased bone density
1. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2. Late Ankylosing Spondylitis
Finding: Bony Erosions
1. Erosive Osteoarthritis in postmenopausal women
2. Rheumatoid Arthritis
3. Psoriatic Arthritis
4. Ankylosing Spondylitis
Finding: Cyst Formation
1. Osteoarthritis (Subchondral cysts)
2. Rheumatoid Arthritis (Synovial cysts)
3. Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)
Finding: Joint space narrowing
1. Osteoarthritis (non-uniform narrowing)
2. Rheumatoid Arthritis (uniform)
3. Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (uniform)
4. Psoriatic Arthritis
5. Ankylosing Spondylitis
Finding: Bone production
1. Osteophytes
  1. Osteoarthritis
  2. Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)
  3. Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)
2. Subchondral Sclerosis
  1. Osteoarthritis
  2. Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)
3. Tendon and Ligament Ossification
  1. Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)
4. Chondrocalcinosis
  1. Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)
References
1. Brower (1998) Arthritis Black and White, Saunders

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