1 MSK T Flashcards
What causes caudal regression syndrome?
maternal DM
What can Vit A OD in pregnancy cause?
craniofacial abnormalities
Safest place for gluteal injections
Superolateral quadrant or von Hochstätter triangle
What is trendelenburg gait and what causes it?
Hip drops when ipsilateral foot is off ground. Caused by contralateral superior gluteal nerve (L4-S1)
Giant cell temporal arteritis tied with…
IL-6
What antibody is best to Ddx RA
NOT Igm anti-Fc IgG; but instead anti-CCP
What is AR and benign as a kid but causes arthritis as an adult. Shows as blue-black deposits on eyes and ears?
Alkaptonuria - lack of homogentisic acid dioxygenase
Hereditary angioedema is associate with what deficiency?
C1 inhibitor
what symptoms does colchicine cause and why
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea bc stopping microtubules messes with GI mucosa
How to differentiate between bone and liver Alk Phos
Bone will denature in high heat (bone-boil)
What innervates the sole of the foot, posterior calf, plantar flexes, and inversion?
tibial nerve
Loss of sensation at medial aspect of the leg
saphenous nerve
Symptoms of Churgg-Strauss
eosinophilic granulomatosis w/ anti-myeloperoxidase; late-onset asthma, asymmetrical multifocal neuropathy
Anti-SSA/SSB are in what?
Sjogren’s
Anti-histone is in
Rx induced lupus
Explain dystonia
involuntary prolonged mm contractions leading to body in abnormal positions
where does hematogenous osteomyelitis typically spread
metaphysis
How to differentiate osteoblast/osteoclast
blast = 1x nuclei clast = 100x nuclei
RANK/RANKL activates what
NFkB
Osteoarthritis/RA arthritis affects which spinal segments
lumbar/cervical
2x MC causes of hematogenous osteomyelitis in kids
S. aureas > Strep. pyeogenes
Gout causes overprotective and underexcretion
myelo/lympho proliferative/ tumor lysis HGPRT