Extra Conditions Flashcards

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Red meat and alcohol can be risk factors for what condition due to purine emphasis?

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Gout

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What condition is an abnormal purine metabolism leading to uric acid accumulation?

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Gout

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When uric acid accumulates in gout, what do they become?

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Monosodium urate crystals (tophus/tophi)

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What occurs with gout?

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Recurrent acute joint inflammation leading to destruction and fibrosis

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Over 90% of the cases of gout is what kind?

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Primary - hyperuricemia

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What is the hypothesized cause of primary gout?

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Enzyme defects

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With primary gout, what accumulates in the blood?

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Uric acid

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What is secondary gout?

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Gout that is secondary to another disease or from drug exposure

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What are examples of some causes of secondary gout?

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Renal disease leukemia, multiple myeloma, diuretics

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What is the cause of the inflammation of gout?

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Failed crystal phagocytosis

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What is the usual age of those with gout?

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Over 30

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Gout usually occurs among which gender?

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Males

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What is the most common location for gout inflammation?

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Hallux (MTP) aka podagra

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About what percent of the population is affected by gout?

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1%

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The historical name, “Kings Disease”, is associated with what condition?

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Gout

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Monoarticular inflammation is characteristic of what condition?

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Gout

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What is the first stage of gout?

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Asymptomatic hyperuricemia

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What is the second stage of gout?

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Acute gouty arthritis causing erythema

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What is the third stage of gout?

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Repeated chronic tophaceous arthritis that fails to resolve itself between cycles

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20% of those with gout die from what issue?

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Renal failure (gouty nephropathy)

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What are other names for pseudogout?

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Chondrocalcinosis or Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPDD)

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What causes pseudogout?

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Altered pyrophosphate metabolism

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Are most cases of pseudogout inherited?

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No, most commonly sporadic

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What is the usual location for pyrophosphate crystal deposition of pseudogout?

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Knee, wrist, shoulder, hip, elbow, ankle

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Only about how many cases of pseudogout lead to destruction of joints from inflammation?
50%
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After what age is pseudogout seen among half of the population?
Over the age of 85
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What is the usual onset age for pseudogout?
Over 50
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What is the treatment for pseudogout?
Palliative medicine (NSAIDs or corticosteroids)
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What specific location in the wrist is common for pseudogout to occur?
Triangular fibrocartilage complex
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What is hydroxyapatite deposition disease usually called?
Calcific tendinitis
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What is the sign of calcific tendinitis on X-ray?
Soft tissue opacities from ossification
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What is the most common location for calcific tendinitis?
Rotator cuff muscles
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What is the age of onset for calcific tendinitis?
40-70
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What is the most common muscle affected by calcific tendinitis?
Supraspinatus
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Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) and increased age are risk factors for what condition?
Calcific tendinitis
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What is the other name for diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis?
Forestier disease
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What ligament is affected in the cervical and thoracic spine in DISH?
Anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL)
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What is the usual spinal location for DISH?
T7-T11
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What is the most common age for DISH?
50-70
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What are risks for DISH?
Diabetes and HLA-B27
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Can we adjust patients with DISH?
Yes
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What is the most common cause of infectious arthritis?
Bacteria
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What occurs with infectious arthritis?
Rapid joint destructions within days
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What is the treatment for infectious arthritis?
Based on microbial agent: IV antibiotics and analgesics
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What is the name of the pus forming infectious arthritis?
Suppurative arthritis
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What is the most common location for suppurative arthritis?
Knee
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90% of suppurative arthritis involve how many joints?
Just one (monoarticular)
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Which microbe is the most common agent involved with suppurative arthritis among children under 2 years of age?
Haemophilus influenzae
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Which microbe is the most common agent involved in suppurative arthritis among children older than 2 years of age and adults?
Staphylococcus aureus
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Which microbe is the most common agent involved in adolescents and young adults?
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Who is at a higher risk for neisseria gonorrhoeae causing infectious arthritis?
Sexually active females
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What is the most common microbe at fault for infectious arthritis among those with sickle cell anemia?
Salmonella spp
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What is the frequency of Lyme arthritis in the US?
20,000 cases per year
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What microbe is at fault for Lyme arthritis?
Borrelia burgdorferi
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How is Lyme arthritis diagnosed?
Presence of IgM and IgG in serum
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What occurs in the first stage of Lyme arthritis?
Red lesion with pale center, fever, lymphadenopathy, and is self resolving in weeks
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What occurs in stage two of Lyme arthritis?
Secondary skin lesions, migratory joint pain, myalgia, meningitis, arrhythmias
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What occurs in the third stage of Lyme arthritis?
2-3 years after infection, chronic polyarthritis of large joints and possible encephalitis
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What are space occupying lesions?
SOL: pus, blood, tumor, or edema (things that are in an area where they shouldn't be potentially causing problems)
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Are primary joint neoplasms rare or common?
Very rare and most commonly benign
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Which is more common: tumor like lesions or neoplasia in joints?
Tumor like lesions
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What are the two examples of tumor like lesions?
Ganglion or synovial cyst
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What is the common location for a ganglion?
Wrist
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What makes up a ganglion?
Degenerative connective tissue
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What is the name of a synovial cyst in the popliteal region?
Baker's cyst
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What is the difference between a ganglion and a synovial cyst?
Communication with the synovium is present in synovial cysts only
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What is the typical age for tenosynovial giant cell tumors?
20-50 years
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What joint condition involves an aggressive benign tumor?
Tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT)
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What is the type of TGCT that is larger?
Diffuse TGCT (pigmented villonodular synovitis)
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Which type of TGCT is smaller and involved with the tendon sheaths?
Localized TGCT
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What is the common location for diffuse TGCT?
Knee
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What is the common location for localized TGCT?
Hand
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What is the most common soft tissue tumor of the hand?
Localized TGCT
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Tumors of adipose, fibrous, muscle, vessels, or the PNS are what kind of tumors?
Soft tissue tumors
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Are soft tissue tumors usually benign or malignant?
Benign (100X)
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If a soft tissue tumor is malignant, what is it called?
Soft tissue sarcoma
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What is the most common area for a soft tissue tumor or sarcoma?
Thigh (but can occur anywhere)
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What is the exception for a location where soft tissue tumors are more likely to be malignant than benign?
Skeletal muscle
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What is a benign tumor of adipocytes?
Lipoma
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What is a malignant tumor of adipocytes?
Liposarcoma
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What is the most common type of soft tissue tumor of adults?
Lipoma
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What type of soft tissue tumor is likely to be encapsulated?
Lipoma
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What is the usual age range for liposarcomas?
40-50
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What is the location for possible metastasis for a liposarcoma?
Lungs
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What is the usual location for liposarcomas?
Retroperitoneum, thigh
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What is the genetic factor of liposarcomas?
Degraded p53 resulting from a translocation of chromosomes 12 and 16
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What is the term for a reactive fibroblastic mass?
Nodular fasciitis
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What is the usual location for a nodular fasciitis?
Volar (Palm-side) of arm, chest, back
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Nodular fasciitis tends to result from what kind of event?
Trauma (10-15%)
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What is the term for reactive metaplastic bone?
Myositis ossificans
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What is the most common location for myositis ossificans?
Proximal extremity muscles
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A hard, painless mass is characteristic of what kind of fibrous tumor like mass?
Myositis ossificans
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What condition should you attempt to rule out when suspicious of myositis ossificans due to their similarities in appearance?
Osteosarcoma
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Myositis ossificans is common among what group of people?
Adolescent athletes
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What type of fibrous like tumor mass is benign but locally invasive that tends to commonly recur?
Finromatosis
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Dupuytren contracture and Peyronie disease are examples of what kind of fibromatosis?
Superficial
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What is the most common age for superficial fibromatosis?
40-70
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What another term for deep fibromatosis?
Desmoid tumor
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Where are desmoid tumors or deep fibromatoses most commonly found?
Abdominal area
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Which type of fibromatosis is associated with Gardner Syndrome?
Deep
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What is the term for a slow growing, malignant fibrous like tumor mass?
Fibrosarcoma
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What are the usual locations for fibrosarcomas?
Thigh, retroperitoneum, knee
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What is the most common age for fibrosarcomas?
35-55
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Neoplastic fibroblasts and anaplastic spindle cells are associated with what kind of fibrous like tumor mass?
Fibrosarcomas
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25% of fibrosarcomas metastasize hematogenously to what location, most commonly,
Lungs
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Herringbone pattern is associated with what fibrous like mass tumor?
Fibrosarcomas
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What are skeletal muscle precursors?
Rhabdomyoblasts
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What is the term for a malignant and aggressive skeletal muscle tumor?
Rhabdomyosarcoma
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What is the most common location generally and specifically for rhabdomyosarcomas?
Generally in areas with little skeletal muscle. Specifically in the areas of the head and neck
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What are other locations for rhabdomyosarcomas?
Genitourinary, extremities, trunk
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What is the most common pediatric soft tissue sarcoma?
Rhabdomyosarcoma
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What changes with the prognosis for adults with rhabdomyosarcomas?
Poor prognosis (2/3 of pediatrics will be 100% cured)
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What is the term for a benign smooth muscle tumor?
Leiomyoma
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What is the term for a malignant smooth muscle tumor?
Leiomyosarcoma
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What is the most common location for a leiomyoma?
Uterus (often called fibroids)
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What population is more at risk for leiomyosarcomas?
Adult females
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What is a unique common area for leiomyosarcomas?
Inferior vena cava (retroperitoneum or extremities)
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Spindle cells and cigar shaped nuclei are associated with what kind of smooth muscle tumor?
Leiomyosarcomas
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What makes up 10% of all soft tissue sarcomas?
Synovial sarcomas
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What is the most common age range for synovial sarcomas?
20-40 years
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What is the unique pattern of growth associated with synovial sarcomas?
Cells grow in solid cords or aggregates
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Why is synovial sarcoma an inappropriate name?
Only <10% of cases actually are intra-articular
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What is the most common location for a synovial sarcoma?
Knee (60-70%)
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What is the treatment for synovial sarcomas?
Limb-sparing surgery and chemotherapy
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What is the usual survivability for those with synovial sarcomas?
10 year survivability of 10-30%