Toes
Foot
Ankle
Pathology
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100
50-60
What is kvp range for toes?
100
10 degrees cephalic to make the metatarsals perpendicular to the central ray to reduce foreshortening
What is the central ray angulation for AP Axial Foot and why?
100
55-65
What is the kvp range for an ankle?
100
Fluid-filled cyst with a wall of fibrous tissue
What is Bone Cyst?
100
Abnormal twisting of the foot, usually inward or downward
What is congenital clubfoot?
200
15 degrees cephalic because the toes naturally turn downward
What is the central ray angulation for AP axial toes and why?
200
30 degrees
What is the degree of obliquity of the patients foot
200
Patient ankle flexed with toes pointing up in the air
What is the patient position for an AP ankle
200
Inflammation of the bone owing to a pyogenic infection
What is Osteomyelitis?
200
Heredity form of arthritis in which uric acid is deposited in joints
What is gout?
300
For the 1st and 2nd digits the its lateromedial lateral, the 3rd digit is either, and the 4th and 5th digits are mediolateral lateral to have the least amount of OID as possible.
What is the oblique you use to each toe and why?
300
Perpendicular to the base of the third metatarsal
What is the central ray directed to for the AP, Oblique, and Lateral projections of the foot?
300
Perpendicular to the ankle joint
What is the central ray directed to for an AP, AP Oblique, and Lateral ankle?
300
Increased density of atypical soft bone
What is Osteopetrosis?
300
Incomplete separation of avulsion of the tibial tuberosity
What is Osgood-Schlatter disease?
400
Sesamoid bones
What is the unique bones that are in the Great Toe called?
400
50-60
What is kvp range for a foot?
400
45 degrees and 15-20 degrees
What is the degree of obliquity for an AP oblique ankle and an AP oblique mortise joint?
400
Loss of bone density
What is Osteoporosis?
400
Form of arthritis marked by progressive cartilage deterioration in synovial joints and vertebrae
What is osteoarthritis?
500
No rotation of phalanges; midshaft concavity equal on both sides; open interphalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joint space; distal ends of metatarsals shown
What is the evaluation criteria for AP Axial toes?
500
No rotation of the foot; equal amount of space between adjacent midshafts of the 2nd through 5th metatarsals; phalanges, metatarsal,and tarsals distal to talus should be seen; open joint space between medial and intermediate cuneiforms.
What is the evaluation criteria for AP axial foot?
500
Tibiotalar joint space open; normal overlap of tibiofibular articulation; no overlap of medial talomaleolar articulation; and medial and lateral malleoli shown
What is the evaluation criteria for an AP ankle?
500
Disease of bone marked by weakened, deformed, thickened bone that fractures easily
What is Pagets Disease?
500
Softening of the bones owing to Vitamin D deficiency
What is Osteomalacia or Rickets?