FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016

POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
RADIODIAGNOSIS
PAPER I
Please read carefully the important instructions mentioned on Page
• Answers to questions of Part and Part are to be strictly attempted in separate answer
sheet(s) and the main supplementary answer sheet(s) used for each part must be tagged
separately.
• Answers to questions of Part attempted in answer sheet(s) of Part or vice versa shall
not be evaluated.
PART B
6. A previously well 62-year-old woman sustains a subcapital fracture of
the left neck of femur following a fall onto the hard ground. The plain
film reveals multiple lytic lesions within the pelvic bones and proximal
femur.
How would you evaluate her as a radiologist?
Write the differential diagnosis, enumerating the key imaging
features of any 2 conditions.

7. Enumerate the components of the rotator cuff of the shoulder.
Imaging findings in a patient with rotator cuff tear.
2+8
8. A 3-year-old child presents with fever, bleeding from the gums and
bone pain. His wrist radiograph demonstrates lucent metaphyseal
lines in the distal radius and ulna. Write the differential diagnosis,
enumerating the imaging features of any two likely pathologic
conditions which may present with this clinico-radiological picture.
2+8
9. Enumerate the conventional radiographic patterns of bone
destruction. List differential diagnosis of each.
10
10. State in brief the imaging appearance and clinical significance of the
following signs in musculoskeletal imaging:
Fallen fragment sign
Bone within a bone sign
Shiny corner sign
Rugger jersey spine
2.5x4