Body & Brain Quiz 2

Child with recurrent low-trauma fractures

A child has recurrent fractures after minor trauma and features of connective-tissue fragility.

Growing child with bowed legs

A growing child has bone pain and progressive lower-extremity deformity.

Adult with diffuse bone pain and fragility

An adult has diffuse bone pain and fragility without a childhood growth-plate presentation.

Child with disproportionate short limbs

A child has disproportionate short limbs with relatively preserved membranous-bone development.

Older adult with a low-trauma fracture

An older adult presents after a low-trauma fracture with height loss or back pain.

Fractures with diffusely dense bone

A patient has fractures despite diffusely dense bone on imaging, with possible anemia or cranial-nerve symptoms.

Adult with focal bony enlargement and hearing symptoms

An adult has focal bone enlargement or deformity, bone pain, hearing symptoms, or a characteristic fracture pattern.

Descending flaccid weakness after preserved food

An adult develops diplopia, dysphagia, and descending weakness after a shared preserved-food meal; sensation is intact.

Painful sustained spasm after a contaminated wound

A patient with a contaminated wound develops jaw stiffness and painful sustained muscle spasms.

Fatigable ptosis and proximal weakness

A patient reports fluctuating ptosis and proximal weakness that worsen with repeated activity; sensation is intact.