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57 - Diseases of musculoskeletal system Flashcards

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Acute arthritis presentation

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Pain, heat, redness and swelling

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Chronic arthritis presentation

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Commonest - osteoarthritis & rheumatoid

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Osteoarthritis -

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Commonest type of joint disease aka degenerative

Progressive erosion of articular cartilage resulting in bony spurs and cysts in joint margins

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Osteoarthritis (OA) - pathogenesis (mechanical)

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Deterioration or loss of cartilage

As cartilage is worn away it forms spurs and fluid filled cysts appear in the marrow (subchondral cysts)

Results in pain and limited movements

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Osteoarthritis (OA) - pathogenesis (biological)

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Chrondrocytes produce IL-1 and initiate matrix breakdown.

Prostaglandin derivatives induce the release of lytic enzymes - preventing matrix synthesis.

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Osteoarthritis (OA) - primary OA

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Abnormal stressed in weight bearing joints - fingers, knees, cervical + lumbar spines

Fingers -> Herberden’s or Bouchard’s nodes

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Rheumatoid arthritis - what is it?

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Chronic systemic disorder

Producing non suppurative proliferative synovitis - destruction of articular cartilage and ankylosis of joints

Affects skin, muscles, heart lung and blood vessels (woman 3-5 times more than men)

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Rheumatoid arthritis - pathogenesis

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Polypoid fibrovascular thickening of synovium with hyperplasia, producing pannus that erodes articular cartilage.

Growth penetrates subchondral bone and cysts form .

Joint fills producing ankylosis of joint space

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Rheumatoid arthritis - clinical feature

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Malaise, fatigue + general MSK pain

Involved joints: swollen, warm, painful and stiff in morning or after activity.

Slow or rapid

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Rheumatoid arthritis - pathogenesis

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Genetic susceptibility 
Primary exogenous arthritogen
Autoimmune
Cytokine problems
IL-1,6 and TNF alpha and beta
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Rheumatoid arthritis - diagnosis criteria

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morning stiffness
arthritis in 3 or more joint areas
arthritis in hand joints
Symmetric arthritis
Rheumatoid nodules
Serum rheumatoid factors

Radiographic presentation

Rheumatoid factor - present in most

Analysis of synovial fluid - confirms presence of neutrophils (hence inflammatory)

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Sero-negative arthritides

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Lack rheumatoid factor:

  1. ankylosing spondylitis
  2. reiter’s syndrome
  3. psoriatic arthritis
  4. enteropathic arthritis
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Gout -

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hyperuricemia

uric acid is the end produce of purine metabolism

caused by enzyme deficiencies

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Gout - clinical features

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Acute arthritis
Chronic arthritis
Tophi in various sites
Gouty nephropathy

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Pyogenic osteomyelitis - clinical presentation

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Systemic illness - fever, malaise, chills and marked pain over region

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Pyogenic osteomyelitis - investigations

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X ray - lytic focus of bone destruction surrounded by zone of sclerosis

Blood cultures are positive

Biopsy

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Pyogenic osteomyelitis - pathogenesis

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Caused by bacteria

Haematogenous

Extension from a contiguous site

Direct implantation

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Infective arthritis -

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acutely painful and swollen joints with restricted movements

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Infective arthritis - clinical presentation

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fever, leucocytosis and elevated ESR

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Infective arthritis - bacterial

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Staph, strep, gonococcus, mycobacteria

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Infective arthritis - predisposing factors

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Trauma, IV drug abuse, debilitating illness

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Osteoporosis -

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Increased porosity of the skeleton

Reduction in bone mass

Localised or entire skeleton

Primary or secondary

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Osteoporosis - risk factors

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Physical activity
Muscle strength
Diet
hormonal status

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Osteoporosis - clinical features

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Vertebral fractures
Kyphosis
Scoliosis

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Secondary Osteoporosis - clinical features

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Endocrine disorders - hyperparathyroidism, Type 1 diabetes

Neoplasia - multiple myeloma

Malnutrition

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Paget’s disease -

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Disease of collagen matrix

Caused by paramyxovirus

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Paget’s disease - problems with which thing

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Predominant osteoblastic activity with burnt out osteosclerotic phase

Net effect is gain in bone mass

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Paget’s disease - epidemiology

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Begins in 50s

M>F

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Paget’s disease - clinical presentation

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pain most common

chalk stick type fractures

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Paget’s disease - tumours

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Benign and malignant
Giant cell - benign
Malignant - osteosarcoma, chrondrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma

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Osteomalacia -

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Defects in matrix mineralisation
Lack of vit D
Decreased bone density and too little bone - osteopenia

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Hyperparathyroidism - pathogenesis

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Excessive secretion of PTH

Increases bone resorption and Ca mobilisation from the skeleton

Increaces renal tubular reabsorption and retention of calcium

=== hypercalcaemia

Causing osteitis fibrosa cystica - loss of bone mineral with osteoporosis

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Renal osteodystrophy -

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Skeletal changes of chronic renal disease:
Increased osteoclastic bone resorption
Delayed matrix mineralisation 
Osteosclerosis
Growth retardation
Osteoporosis
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Lipomas are

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fat tissue

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fibromas are

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fibrous tissue

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leiomyomas

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smooth muscle

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heamangiomas

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blood vessel

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lymphangiomas

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lymphatics

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neuromas

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peripheral nerves

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soft tissue tumour syndrome

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neurofibromatosis type one - neurofibroma

gardner syndrome - fibromatosis

carney syndrome - myxoma, melanotic schwannoma

turner syndrome - cystic hygroma

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Soft tissue tumour diagnosis

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US guided core biopsy
Wide excision
Cytogenetics - culture of fresh tissue and karyotypic analysis
Molecular genetics - FISH, PCR and RT-PCR

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Bone tumours

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from bone and cartilage

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benign bone tumours

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osteomas, osteoblastomas

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benign cartilage

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chrondromas

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mixed

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osteochondromas

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malignant bone tumours

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osteosarcoma

young age group - around knee

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other bone tumours

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chondrosarcomas
Ewing’s sarcoma
Giant cell tumours

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Where do bones met to?

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Thyroid, prostate, kidney, breast, GI tract

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Systemic lupus erythematosus -

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Complex multi system disease

Predominantly cutaneous
F>M

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Systemic lupus erythematosus - clinical presentation

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Cutaneous - butterfly rash - typically affecting bridge of nose and the cheeks

Cardiac - cardiomegaly, endocarditis

CNS - convulsions, hemiplegia

Renal - 45% of patients, nephrotic syndrome and glomerulonephritis

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Systemic sclerosis - pathogenesis

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complex and poorly understood

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Systemic sclerosis - what is it?

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vessel damage, inflam response and cytokines

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Systemic sclerosis - clinical presentation

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Diffuse-widespread cutaneous lesions

Renal, cardioresp and GI tract

Osteoarticular involvement - artharlgia and arthritis

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Systemic sclerosis - prognosis

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poor

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Systemic sclerosis - localised variant

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Limited cutaneous involvement, oesophageal involvement and SI malabsorption

CREST syndrome

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CREST syndrome stands for

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Calcinosis
Reynaud's
Oesopageal dysfunction
Sclerodactyly
Telangiectasia
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Polymyalgia rheumatica - clinical presentation

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stiffness, weakness, aching and pain in neck, limb girdles and upper limbs

associated with giant cell arteritis - occipital and facial arteries. Causing pyrexia, headache and severe scalp pain.

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Polymyalgia rheumatica - pathogenesis

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immunological mechanism

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Myopathy definition

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muscle disease unrelated to any disorder of innervation or neuromuscular junction

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Myositis definition

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muscle fibres and overlying skin are inflamed and damaged resulting in muscle weakness

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Muscular dystrophy - what is it?

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heterogenous group
inherited
progressively severe muscle weakness and wasting
begins in childhood

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Malignant hyperthermia - what is it?

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inherited

fast rise in body temperature and severe muscle contraction when the affected person general anaesthesia

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rhabdomyolysis - what is it?

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destruction of skeletal muscle releasing muscle fibre content into blood e.g. myoglobin

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rhabdomyolysis - urine

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myoglobin filtered through kidney and enters urine - myoglobinuria - brown urine

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rhabdomyolysis - causes

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trauma, crush injuries
drugs - cocaine, amphetamine
extreme temp
severe exertion (marathon)
length surgery
severe dehydration
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rhabdomyolysis - complications

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acute renal failure

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metabolic myopathies

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glycogen synthesis and degradation

disorders of mitochondrial metabolism

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malignant hyperthermia - signs and symptoms

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bleeding
dark brown urine
muscle rigidity
quick rise in body temp to 105 deg F
discovered during anaesthesia
may have FH

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