Findings / Significance Flashcards by Erin Moran

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Angular Kyphosis (gibbus)

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tuberculosis of the spine (Pott’s disease)

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Atrophy of Muscle

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Lower Motor Neuron Lesion

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Bouchard’s Nodes (proximal interphalangeal joints)

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OA and RA

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Butterfly Rash

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SLE

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Cold Painful Large Joint with Crepitus

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Osteoarthritis

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Crepitus over Moving Tendons

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Scleroderma

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CREST Syndrome

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Scleroderma

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Dowager Hump

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Osteoporosis

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Erythema Marginatum

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Rheumatic Fever

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Erythema Migrans

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Lyme Disease

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Erythema Nodosum (red bumps)

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Sarcoidosis

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Fasciculation (fine muscle fiber twitching)

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lower motor neuron lesion

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Gottron’s Papules (lumps on knuckle)

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Dermatomyositis

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Gower’s Sign (uses hands to walk up from squat)

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Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

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Haygarth’s Nodes (metacarpophalangeal joints)

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

He B Hay

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Heberden’s Nodes (distal interphalangeal joints)

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Osteoarthritis

He B Hay

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Heliotrope (purple) discoloration of eyelids

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dermatomyositis

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Hot Swollen Very Painful Joint

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Septic Arthritis

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Hypermobile joints and stretchy skin

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Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

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Interossei Wasting

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Ulnar Nerve Palsy

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Long Slender Fingers (arachnodactyly)

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Marfan’s Syndrome

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Malar Rash (rash on cheeks)

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SLE

Mitral Stenosis

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Pitted Nails, Joint Pains and Silvery Skin Rash

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Psoriasis

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Pseudohypertrophic Calves

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Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

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Sacroiliac Tenderness, Decreased Lumbar Flexion

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Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Spatulate (spade-like) hands

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Acromegaly

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S-shaped Spinal Curve

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Scoliosis

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Step Sign in Lumbar Region

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Spndylolisthesis

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Tapered Tight Finger Tips

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Scleroderma

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Thenar Eminence Wasted

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Median Nerve Palsy

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Ulnar Deviation of Fingers

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

SLE

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Unable to clash paper between extended fingers

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ulnar nerve palsy

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Unable to extend wrist against resistance

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radial nerve palsy

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Unable to oppose the thumb

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median nerve palsy

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Wasted lateral leg compartment

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Chrcot Marie Tooth Syndrome

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Warm Swollen Painful 1st Metatarsophalangeal joint

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Gout