Complete EBM Objectives Flashcards
What are the four monoarticular inflammatory diseases?
POGS Psoriasis Osteoarthritis Gout Scleroderma
What are the four polyarticular inflammatory diseases?
LARP Lupus Amyloidosis Rheumatoid Arthritis Psoriatic arthritis
What are four examples of non-inflammatory joint diseases?
Septic Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gout
Osteoarthritis
What characterizes degenerative joint disease?
The breakdown of joint cartilage and underlying bone.
Will have pain, stiffness and swelling with decreased ROM.
Herberdene nodes and bouchard nodes will be appreciated.
What are the six inflammatory joint diseases?
"PISSSR" Psoriatic arthritis IBD Still's disease Scleroderma SLE RA
Will have stiffness, pain, swelling, restricted motion and reduced strength.
What are the 5 metabolic joint diseases?
POOOCh Paget's Osteoperosis Osteomalacia/rickets Osteitis fibrosa cystica Charcot
What are the four hypertrophic joint diseases?
Scleroderma
Osteoarthritis
Charcot
Gout
Characterized by increased deposition of bone at the joints.
What disease state is pathomnemonic for osteophytes?
Osteo arthritis/ Degenerative joint disease.
Look for assymetrical joint space narrowing as well as detritus and subchondral sclerosis/ geode.
What disease state is noted by the appearance of erosions?
Rheumatoid arthritis!
Differentiate from psoriatic arthritis by seeing extraarticular erosions and osteopenia adjacent to the joint.
Joint space narrowing will also be symetric.
What disease state is noted by subchodral resorption?
Seen extremely commonly in septic joint and charcot.
In septic joint you will laso have osteolysis and sequestra.
In charcot look for the generalized sclerosis and detritis or arthritis mutilans.
How can you differentiate between Charcot and septic joint?
In septic joint you will laso have osteolysis and sequestra.
In charcot look for the generalized sclerosis and detritis or arthritis mutilans.
How can you differentiate between rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic?
Rheumatoid:
Extra articular erosions.
Osteopenia adjacent to the joint
Enthesopathy/ Bywaters
Psoriatic: Periostitis whiskering Ivory Phalanx Sausage digit **Osteolysis at distal phalanx
Which two pathologies can cause arthritis mutilans?
Charcot
Rheumatoid arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis can cause it too!
What is eburnation?
Eburnation is subchondral sclerosis. Seen most commonly near the area of joint space narrowing on the concave side of the joint.
Most commonly seen in osteoarthritis.
What is whiskering?
Variation of periostitis radiating away from the bone margin.
Most commonly seen in psoriatic arthritis
What is ivory phalanx?
A form of periositis
There is increased density of distal phalanx relativee to the normal bone density.
Also seen in psoriatic arthritis.
What is Martels sign?
A form of periostitis seen with gout.
Overhanging margin of new bone seen at the erosion.
Monosodium urate crystals will be present.
What’s the difference between chondrocalcinosis and hydroxy appatite deposition.
Chondrocalcinosus will result in calcified cartilage and is known as pseudo gout.
hydroxy appatite deposition disease is characterized by joint widening on both sides of the joint.
Is gout distributed symetrically?
No!
Tophi are typicall assymetric in distribution.
The monosodium urate crystals are deposited into the joint capsule, synovium, cartilage, subchondral bone, and periarticular tissues.
Unlike RA, psoriatic arthritis does not have….
Juxta-articular osteopenia.
You see an arthritity with non uniform joint space narrowing, osteophytes and eburnation?
Osteoarthritis.
Important to note the OA does not have erosions.
Just look for Geodes.
What joint space narrowing pattern does psoriatic arthritis follow?
Uniform narrowing!
Which joints are targeted by charcot?
Metatarsal-tarsal
Not seen in intertarsal joints typically.
What occurs at the joint space with neuropathic osteo-arthropathy?
Increased joint space due to subchondral resorption.
What exactly is osteopenia?
Decreased bone density with cortical bone thinning.
Bone will appear mottled, or moth eaten with loss of bone density.
What exactly is osteoperosis?
Bone is normal but the ammount of bone per unit volume is decreased.
Seen most commonly in cancellous bones due to metabolic issues!!
What are the radiographic pearls of osteoporosis?
Endosteal resorption
Subperiosteal resorption
Will have loss of secondary trabeculae!! Leads to primary trabeculations in the long axis of the bone.
What is osteomalacia?
Excessive ammounts of uncalcified osteoid.
Vitamin D deficiency in adults!
Osteomalacia within children is known as?
Rickets!!
What are the two radiographic pearls of osteomalacia?
Looser’s lines: Lucency perpendicular to the cortex (inner border) leading to pseudo fractures.
Bowing of the long bones.
What is hypophosphatemia?
Reduced levels of alkaline phosphatase!
What are the radiographic pearls for hypophosphatasia?
Chondrocalcinosis articularis
You will have loosers lines similar to osteomalacia however it will be found on the outer cortex of long bone.
What is primary hyperparathyroidism?
Excessive PTH secretion due to a Parathyroid tumor.
Will lead to hypercalcemia.
What is Secondary hyperparathyroidism?
Excessive PTH secretion due to low calcium levels.
An example of this would be vitamin D deficiency.
What is tertiary hyperparathyroidism?
Excessive PTH secretion due to hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands and loss of response to serum calcium levels.
Will see this in patient with chronic renal failure!!!
What effect does elevated PTH have on the bone?
Causes excessive resorption of the bone!
Leads to extremely high levels of blood calcium levels and deminished bone strength.
What are the radiographic pearls of hyperparathyroidism?
Subperisteal bone resorption
Browns tumors (lytic lesions)
Histopathologically you will have fibrous tissue replacing bone.
Also associated with hyperuricemia and overt gout.
Which form of hyperparathyroidism will you see excessive soft tissue calcification?
Secondary hyperparathyroidism.