buzzwords Flashcards
pencil in cup X-ray appearance, sausage fingers
psoriatic arthritis
wrist drop
radial nerve palsy
dinner fork or swans neck deformity in wrist
displaced colles fracture
pain in the anatomical snuffbox
scaphoid fracture
feels like walking on pebbles
advanced rheumatoid or subluxation of the MTP joints
reiters syndrome (reactive arthritis)
arthritis, uveitis, urethritis (can’t see, pee or bend the knee)
foot drop
common fibular nerve (peroneal nerve)
hanging rope sign
AVN
negative befringement, needle shaped crystals
gout
envelope/rhomboid shaped, mild positive befringement Ca pyrophosphate crystals
Pseudo gout
positive anterior drawer test
ACL tear/rupture
pain during internal rotation and extension of the knee at 90o
lateral meniscal tear
painful arc
damaged supraspinatus tendon, frozen shoulder
dry eyes, mouth, skin, +ve schirmers test
sjogrens (with infiltration, usually with RA)
dry eyes, mouth, vagina, bronchitis
sicca syndrome, (no infiltration, no signs of arthritis)
locked knee
bucket handle meniscal tear
bamboo spin on X-ray and sacroilitis
ankylosing spondylitis
question mark posture
ankylosing spondylitis
shortened leg and externally rotated
displaced fractured neck of femur
shortened leg and internally rotated
dislocated femoral head
onion peel sign
ewings sarcoma
sunray speculation
osteosarcoma
popcorn calcification
chondrosarcoma
soap bubble appearance
giant cell tumour
scalp tenderness and jaw claudication
temporal arteritis
gowers sign positive
duchenne
swollen woody calves
duchenne or beckers
hatchet like face
myotonic dystrophy
