buzzwords Flashcards
pencil in a cup and sausage fingers
psoriatic artritis
wrist drop
radial nerve palsy
“dinner fork” or “swan neck” deformity in wrist
displaced colles fracture
pain/tenderness in the anatomincal snuffbox
scaphoid fracture
“feels like walking on pebbles”
advanced rheumatoid arthritis in feet - subluxation of the MTP joints
arthritis, uveitis and uretheritis (cant see, pee or bend at the knee)
Reiters syndrome (reactive arthritis)
foot drop
common fibular nerve (peroneal nerve)
hanging rope sign
AVN
negative bifringement, needle shaped urate crystals
gout
envelope shaped/rhomboid mildly positive bifringemnet calcium pyrophosphate crystals
pseudogout
positive anterior drawer test (tibia can be pulled forward easily when knee flexed)
ACL tear/rupture
pain in internal rotation and tension of knee at 90 degree
lateral meniscal tear
painful arc (pain of abduction between 70 and 120 degress)
damage to supraspinatous tendon, frozen shoulder
dry eyes, mouth, skin, positive schirmers test
sjogrens syndrome with infiltration often with RA
dry eyes, mouth,vagina, bronchitis
sicca syndrome, no infiltration and no signs of arthritis
locked knee
bucket handle meniscal tear
bamboo spine of xray, scoliosis
ankolysing spondylitis
question mark posture
ankolysing spondylitis
shortened leg and externally rotated
displaced fractire neck of femur
shortened leg and inwardly rotated
dislocated femoral head
“onion peel” sign
ewings sarcoma
“sunray” speculation
osteosarcoma
popcorn calcification on xray
chondrosarcoma
soap bubble apprearance on xray
giant cell tumour (benign)
gowers sign positive
duchenne MD
swollen, woody calves
duchenne or Becker MD
hatchet like face
myotonic dystrophy
