Buzzwords Flashcards
Pencil in cup X-ray appearance, sausage fingers?
Psoriatic arthritis
Wrist drop?
Radial nerve palsy
Dinner fork /swans neck deformity?
Displaced Colles fracture
Pain / tenderness in anatomical snuffbox?
Scaphoid fracture
Feels like walking on pebbles?
Advanced RA in feet (subluxation of MTP joints)
Arthritis, conjunctivitis, urethritis? (can’t see, can’t pee, can’t bend the knee)
Reiters syndrome (reactive arthritis - after an infection)
Foot drop
Common fibular nerve
Fracture with AVN?
Proximal scaphoid, Intracapsular femoral, Fromoral condyles, Humeral head, Capitellum (radial attachment to humerus), Proximal talus
Sagging rope sign
AVN
Negative birefringent, needle shaped crystals? (type and disease)
Gout
*urate crystals
Rhomboid, mildly positively birefringent crystals (type and disease)
Pseudogout
Calcium pyrophosphate crystals
Positive anterior drawer test
ACL tear
Pain in internal rotation of the knee at 90 degrees (steinmans test)
Lateral meniscal tear
Painful arc
Frozen shoulder,
Damaged supraspinatous tendon,
Rotator cuff tendon impingement
Difficulty with external rotation?
Frozen shoulder
Dry eyes, mouth and skin? (what disease is this associated with?)
Sjogrens syndrome
RA
Locked knee?
Bucket handle meniscal tear
Bamboo spine on X-ray, sacroiliitis, Q mark posture
Ankylosing spondylitis
shortened + externally rotated leg
Displaced fracture of neck of femur
Shortened leg + internally rotated
Dislocated femoral head
‘onion peel’ sign?
Ewings sarcoma
soap bubble appearance on X-ray?
Giant cell tumour (benign)
scalp tenderness + jaw claudication
Temporal arteritis
Gowers sign positive
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
swollen, ‘woody’ calves
Duchenne Muscular dystrophy
light bulb sign
Posterior shoulder dislocation
VitD deficiency + fractures
Osteomalacia (adults)
Rickets (kids)
