buzzwords

Question 1

pencil in cup X-ray appearance, sausage fingers

Answer 1

psoriatic arthritis

Question 2

wrist drop

Answer 2

radial nerve palsy

Question 3

dinner fork or swans neck deformity in wrist

Answer 3

displaced colles fracture

Question 4

pain in the anatomical snuffbox

Answer 4

scaphoid fracture

Question 5

feels like walking on pebbles

Answer 5

advanced rheumatoid or subluxation of the MTP joints

Question 6

reiters syndrome (reactive arthritis)

Answer 6

arthritis, uveitis, urethritis (can’t see, pee or bend the knee)

Question 7

foot drop

Answer 7

common fibular nerve (peroneal nerve)

Question 8

hanging rope sign

Answer 8

AVN

Question 9

negative befringement, needle shaped crystals

Answer 9

gout

Question 10

envelope/rhomboid shaped, mild positive befringement Ca pyrophosphate crystals

Answer 10

Pseudo gout

Question 11

positive anterior drawer test

Answer 11

ACL tear/rupture

Question 12

pain during internal rotation and extension of the knee at 90o

Answer 12

lateral meniscal tear

Question 13

painful arc

Answer 13

damaged supraspinatus tendon, frozen shoulder

Question 14

dry eyes, mouth, skin, +ve schirmers test

Answer 14

sjogrens (with infiltration, usually with RA)

Question 15

dry eyes, mouth, vagina, bronchitis

Answer 15

sicca syndrome, (no infiltration, no signs of arthritis)

Question 16

locked knee

Answer 16

bucket handle meniscal tear

Question 17

bamboo spin on X-ray and sacroilitis

Answer 17

ankylosing spondylitis

Question 18

question mark posture

Answer 18

ankylosing spondylitis

Question 19

shortened leg and externally rotated

Answer 19

displaced fractured neck of femur

Question 20

shortened leg and internally rotated

Answer 20

dislocated femoral head

Question 21

onion peel sign

Answer 21

ewings sarcoma

Question 22

sunray speculation

Answer 22

osteosarcoma

Question 23

popcorn calcification

Answer 23

chondrosarcoma

Question 24

soap bubble appearance

Answer 24

giant cell tumour

Question 25

scalp tenderness and jaw claudication

Answer 25

temporal arteritis

Question 26

gowers sign positive

Answer 26

duchenne

Question 27

swollen woody calves

Answer 27

duchenne or beckers

Question 28

hatchet like face

Answer 28

myotonic dystrophy