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1
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Knee injury causing valgus

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MCL injury

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Knee injury from twisting

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ACL or meniscal injury

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3
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Knee injury causing varus

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LCL injury

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4
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Knee injury from hyperextension

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PCL injury

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5
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Knee injury from hitting dashboard

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PCL injury

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6
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Football injury, twist, pop, haemarthrosis, generalised pain, pain settles after a few days, rotatory instability

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ACL rupture

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7
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Getting up from squatting, sudden sharp pain medial joint line, effusion, recurrent medial pain & catching +- locking

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Meniscal tear

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8
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Z shape thumb

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rheumatoid arthritis

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9
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Difficult to get undressed for examination

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fibromyalgia

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10
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waiter’s tip posture

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erb’s dystonia

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11
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hanging rope sign on XR

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AVN

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12
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romanus lesions

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ankylosing spondylitis

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13
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bamboo spine

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ankylosing spondylitis

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14
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pencil in cup xr

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psoriatic arthritis

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15
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1st MTPJ OA

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hallux ragidus

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16
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Mulder’s click test

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morton’s neuroma

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17
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knee locked

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acute meniscal bucket handle tear

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18
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spongy block to full extension

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acute meniscal bucket handle tear

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19
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light bulb sign on XR

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posterior shoulder dislocation

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20
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eyebrows sign XR

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shoulder impingement

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21
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sausage fingers

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psoriatic arthritis

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22
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wrist drop

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radial nerve injury

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23
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posterior fat pad sign

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displaced fat pad posterior to distal humerus - elbow effusion

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24
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popeye sign

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biceps tendon rupture

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25
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break in shenton’s line

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proximal femur fracture on XR

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26
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management of femoral shaft fracture to avoid fat embolism

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thomas splint

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27
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dinner fork deformity on xr

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colles fracture

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28
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anaesthesia in regimental badge area

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axillary nerve injury

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29
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spilt cup sign on xr

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lunate dislocation

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30
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patient unable to make OK sign

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loss of FPL in supracondylar humerus fracture

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31
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owl sign on XR/CT

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spinal tumour

32
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trethowan’s sign

33
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dinner fork / swan’s neck deformity in wrist

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displaced colles fracture

34
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pain/tenderness in anatomical snuffbox

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scaphoid fracture (radial nerve)

35
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Feels like walking on pebbles

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advanced foot RA; MTPJ subluxation

36
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Arthritis + Uveitis + Urethritis

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Reiter’s Syndrome

37
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Foot drop

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common fibular nerve / peroneal nerve injury

38
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which areas most commonly affected by AVN

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Proximal scaphoid, Intracapsular femoral, femoral condyles, humeral head, capitellum and proximal talus

39
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Sagging rope sign

40
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Negative birefringent, needle shaped urate crystals (yellow to blue)

41
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Envelope shaped/rhomboid, mildly positive birefringent Ca pyrophosphate crystals

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pseudogout

42
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Positive anterior drawer test

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ACL tear/rupture

43
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pain on abducting between about 70-120 degrees

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Painful arc; supraspinatus tendon impingement

44
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Difficulty with external rotation of the shoulder

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frozen shoulder; adhesive capsulitis

45
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Dry eyes, mouth, skin, +ve Schirmer’s test

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Sjogren’s Synd

46
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Dry eyes, mouth, vagina, bronchitis

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Sicca Synd

47
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question mark posture

48
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Shortened leg and externally rotated

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displaced fracture neck of femur

49
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Shortened leg and internally rotated

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Dislocated femoral head

50
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“Onion-peel” sign

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Ewing’s sarcoma

51
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“Sunray” spiculation

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Osteosarcoma

52
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“Popcorn calcification” on X Ray

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Chondrosarcoma

53
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“Soap bubble” appearance on X Ray

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Giant cell tumour

54
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scalp tenderness and jaw claudication

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temporal arteritis

55
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Gower’s Sign Positive

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Duchenne MD

56
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Swollen, “woody” calves

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Duchenne or Becker MD

57
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“Hatchet-like” face

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Myotonic Dystrophy

58
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Rosary Bead sign

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polyarteritis nodosa

59
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“shepherd’s crook” deformity

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fibrous dysplasia of proximal femur

60
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Loosers zone on x-ray

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osteomalacia

61
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nerve injury causing a claw hand

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ulnar nerve

62
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squared off shoulder

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dislocation

63
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beak nose

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systemic sclerosis

64
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strawberry tongue in a child

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kawasakis disease

65
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bull eye maculopathy

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side effect of hydroxychloroquine

66
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fluffy joint x ray

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pseudogout

67
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unable to make okay sign

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median nerve injury

68
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acute ‘flat back’ in an adolescent

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spondylolithesis

69
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drumstick spore

70
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bone that looks like the inside of an aero bar

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cancellous bone

71
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patchy sclerosis, found within the metaphyseal region of short tubular bones

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enchondroma

72
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bony spur growing away from epiphysis

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osteochondroma

73
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Alizarin stain shows red clumps

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hydroxyapatite

74
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gottron’s sign, heliotropic rash, shawl sign

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dermatomyositis

75
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what is the most likely complication in paediatric supracondylar fracture

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brachial artery injury

76
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what is the most likely complication in supracondylar fracture of elbow

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median nerve injury

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