Bone and joint 2 Flashcards
1
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- List 3 different Joint Disorders:
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- Marfarns
- Ehlers-Danlos
- Recurrent TMJ dislocation
2
Q
- What are the different types of arthritides can the patient have?
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- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Felty sun
- Juvenille arthritis
- Ankyosing spondylitis
- Infective arthritis
- Gout
3
Q
- What are the 3 key areas of defects in Marfans syndrome?
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- Skeletal
- Cardiovascular
- Neuro-ocular
4
Q
- What type of genetic disorder Marfans syndrome is? And which tissue does it affect?
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- Autosomal dominant
- Connective tissues
5
Q
- what causes Marfans syndrome?
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- A mutation in the Fibrillin-1 gene can lead to Marfans syndrome
6
Q
- What are the features of Marfans syndrome?
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- They got loose joints
- cardiac defects/problems particularly valvular problems (Mitral valve prolapse and Aortic dissection (AD – can be life threatening))
- ocular lesions
- Retinal detachment
- Fibrillin-1 mutation
- Arachnodactyly
- Near-sighted
- Scoliosis
- pre-disposed pneumothorax
7
Q
- What are the cardiovascular defects that people with Marfans syndrome are likely to have
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- The CV defects can include dilation of descending aorta, dissecting aneurysms, aortic regurgitations and mitral valve prolapse
8
Q
- What is the most distinguish feature that people with Marfans syndrome can have?
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- The long thin body with long spider-like slender fingers. They get disproportionally long limbs, loose joints. Sometimes TMJ dislocation and pectus excavatum
9
Q
- What are the skeletal defects/features that Marfans syndrome can have?
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- excessive length of tubular bones - very tall
- Huge wide arms
- spider-like fingers (called Arachnodactyly)
10
Q
- what does the mnemonic Marfans refer to?
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- Mitral valve prolapse
- Aortic dissection
- Retinal detachment
- Fibrillin-1 mutation
- Arachnodactyly
- Near-sighted
- Scoliosis
11
Q
- How common are the cardiovascular defects in Marfans syndrome?
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- Very common (over 90% of patents)
12
Q
- How are the ligaments being affected in Marfans syndrome?
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- Their ligaments are lax
- they get hyper-extensible joints
- subluxation or dislocation
- sometimes hernias.
- They often get visual impairments due to lens subluxation/ dislocation of the lens
13
Q
- list the Marfans syndrome defects which are relevant to us as dentists?
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- CV defects
- They might get a high palate
- TMJ disjunction/ subluxation.
- Sometimes they have malocclusion
14
Q
- What type of genetic disorder Ehlers – Danlos syndrome is (the common form)?
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- Autosomal dominant
- There are various subtypes. Some are recessive but the common form is Autosomal dominant
15
Q
- What is Ehlers – Danlos syndrome? How common it is? Which protein is the leading cause of this syndrome?
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- Group of rare disorders of collagen formation
16
Q
- What are the characteristic features of Ehlers – Danlos syndrome?
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- Hyperextensible skin
- Bruise
- Loose joints
- Recurrent spontaneous dislocations
- Poor healing
- Various subtypes
17
Q
- What is the best known manifestation of Ehlers – Danlos syndrome?
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- Hypermobility of the joint
18
Q
- What haematological disorder patient with Ehlers – Danlos syndrome have could have?
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- Sometimes they have been reported to have platelet defects but, sometimes there is no disfunction in the haematological investigation
19
Q
- People with Ehlers – Danlos syndrome can have prolapse mitral valve. What sort of cardiovascular problems could this problem predispose the patient to?
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- Infective endocarditis
- Heart failure
20
Q
- What are the issues that Ehlers – Danlos syndrome could have that are relevant to us as dentist?
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- Mitral valve prolapse
- Haematological issues – bleeding
- TMJ
- Short teeth / abnormal roots / pulp stones
- Micrognathia
- AOB
- Gingival hyperplasia
21
Q
- what is the most common form of arthritis?
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- Osteoarthritis (O.A.)
22
Q
- What is the characteristics/ classic underlying pathology of Osteoarthritis?
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- Denegeration of articular cartilage and that is compensated by thickening of the exposed underlying bone with the development of periarticular cyst
23
Q
- What happens with continued bone proliferation? (consider what happens with the cyst)
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- These cysts sometimes collapsed with continued peripheral bone proliferation and then you get progressive deformity of the joint
24
Q
- When the O.A. is more common?
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- Over the age of 45
- Female more than male
- Usually if they are overweight or obese
- If they have been an athlete this might pre-dispose them, sometimes other disease such as Paget’s or gout
25
Q
- Which joint can Osteoarthritis affect? And how does it affect them?
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- It can affect any joint but, specifically weight bearing joints or traumatised joints