Case: Bone & joint disease radiograph #57443463
Bone & joint disease Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
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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): Projectional radiograph of the wrist of an 85 year old woman, showing a dorsally tilted wrist joint due to wrist osteoarthritis . There is also osteoporosis .
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.
