Case: Bone & joint disease radiograph #35623290
Bone & joint disease Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: Dr. Jochen Lengerke via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Osteoarthritis
What to look for in osteoarthritis
- Loss of joint space, typically uneven (non-uniform).
- Osteophytes at the joint margins.
- Subchondral sclerosis and subchondral cysts (the four signs: LOSS).
Description by the image author (may be in another language): Omarthrose (oben) im Vergleich zu gesunder Schulter
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
