arthritis

Question 1

pseudogout age range

Answer 1

> 85 yrs

Question 2

pseudogout vs. gout crystals

Answer 2

pseudo: pyrophosphate
gout: urate ->purine

Question 3

MC place of pseudogout

Answer 3

knee, wrist, shoulder, elbow, ankle

Question 4

what accumulates in HADD

Answer 4

hydroxyapatite

Question 5

Where is hydroxyapatite deposition disease MC

Answer 5

rotator cuff

Question 6

what is MC of infectious arthritis

Answer 6

bacteria

Question 7

symptoms of infectious arthritis

Answer 7

severe pain and rapid joint destruction (days)

Question 8

acute stage of infectious arthritis symptoms

Answer 8

swelling and erythema

Question 9

2 MC forms of infectious arthritis

Answer 9

suppurative arthritis

lyme arthritis

Question 10

supperative arthritis symptoms

Answer 10

pus forming, 90% monoarticular

Question 11

microbes and population for supperative arthritis

Answer 11

2 and adults: staph aureus
adoles and young adults: neisseria gonorrhoeae
sickle cell disease: salmonella spp

Question 12

which arthritis is MC in females, subacute course and polyarticular

Answer 12

gonococcal arthritis

Question 13

what % of lyme disease is untreated causing lyme arthrits

Answer 13

60-80%

Question 14

what kind of infection causes Lyme arthritis

Answer 14

spirochetal infection

Question 15

stages of lyme arthritis

Answer 15

1. multiplies: erythema chronicum migrans
2. early dissemination and migratory joint pain
3. late dissemination, chronic polyarthritis and encephalitis

Question 16

1* joint neoplasms are common or rare

Answer 16

rare

Question 17

which is more common tumor like lesions or neoplasia

Answer 17

tumor like

Question 18

which is a myxoid cyst

Answer 18

ganglion

Question 19

what degenerates with ganglion cysts

Answer 19

CT

Question 20

what is a synovial cyst aka

Answer 20

baker cyst: popliteal