ATHRITIC DISORDERS

Question 1

Traumatic, infectious, rheumatoid, crystals induced and degenerative are descriptions of what kind of arthritis?

Answer 1

Monoarthritis

Question 2

What are 3 kinds of polyarthritis?

Answer 2

DJD
Inflammatory Joint Disease
Metabolic Deposition Disease

Question 3

HADD stands for?

Answer 3

Hydroxyappetie Deposition Disease

Question 4

What is HADD

Answer 4

calcifying tendinitis and bursitis

Question 5

What is the most common joint affected by HADD

Answer 5

shoulder

Question 6

What is the aetiology of HADD

Answer 6

unknown

Question 7

Where is tendon calcification seen with HADD?

Answer 7

At the insertion site

Question 8

How can you differentiate bursal deposition from tendon deposition with HADD

Answer 8

impossible

Question 9

What is CPPD

Answer 9

Calcium PyroPhosphate Dihydrate

“pseudo-gout”

Question 10

Where are deposits with CPPD

Answer 10

into cartilage in and around joints

knee and wrist

Question 11

What are the 2 radiographic features of CPPD

Answer 11

chondrocalcinosis

pyrophosphate arthropathy

Question 12

Chondrocalcinosis occurs where?

Answer 12

hyaline and fibrocartilage

Question 13

Where is erosive RA seen? and what are the characteristics

Answer 13

PIPs and DIPs

bilateral, symmetrical

Question 14

Who is EOA seen in?

Answer 14

females

Question 15

What radiographic changes are seen in EOA?

Answer 15

DJD WITH bone erosions

Question 16

Where do you see Gull Wing erosions?

Answer 16

DIPS

Question 17

What are the 3 main DDX of EOA?

Answer 17

RA
psoriatic arthritis
non- inflammatory DJD

Question 18

What does RA attack?

Answer 18

synovial tissue

Question 19

Where does RA begin and how does it progress?

Answer 19

at IP and MCPs progresses proximally

Question 20

Where are Haygarth’s nodules?

Answer 20

MCP’s

Question 21

What is the 3 characteristics of Felty’s Syndrome?

Answer 21

1. RA
2. Leukopenia
3. Splenomegaly

Question 22

what are 6 pathologies associated with RA

Answer 22

1. acute synovitis with edema
2. synovial proliferation forms pannus
3. marginal erosions
4. cyst like cavities
5. hyaline cartilage erodes and narrows
6. joint fills with pannus

Question 23

What are the radiographic findings of RA

Answer 23

1. bilateral, symmetrical
2. periarticular soft tissue swelling
3. juxta-articular osteoporosis
4. uniform loss of joint space
5. marginal erosions (rat bite)
6. deformity
7. large pseudo-cysts
8. ankylosis

Question 24

How soon are changes irreversible in RA?

Answer 24

3-6 months

Question 25

What joint is not involved in RA?

Answer 25

DIPS