Flashcards - MSK
Rheumatoid Factor
IgM against Fc of IgG
Reiter Syndrome Triad
arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis
Dermatomyositis antibodies
ANA, anti-Jo-1
Paget Disease - Ca, Phos, Alk Phos labs
osteoclast dysfunction - normal calcium, normal phosphate, elevated alk phos
Erb-Duchenne/Waiter’s tip
upper trunk - C5-C6
Klumpke Palsy/Claw Hand
lower trunk - C8-T1
Winged Scapula
Long thoracic nerve C5-C7
Damage to Axillary (C5-C6) nerve causes
humeral neck fracture, anterior shoulder dislocation - loss of arm abduction > 15 degrees, loss of sensation over deltoid and lateral arm
Gout crystal
monosodium urate - negative birefringence needle shaped
Pseudogout crystal
Chondrocalcinosis - Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate - weak positive birefringence rhombus-shaped
collagen type I
bone, tendon - osteogenesis imperfecta
collagen type II
hyaline cartwoledge
collagen type III
rethreecular - ehlers-danlos
collagen type IV
four to the floor - basement membrane - allports, goodpastures
osteopetrosis
poor osteoclast function - thick weak bones, thrombocytopenia - may benefit from bone marrow transplant
Rickets/osteomalacia
defect in mineralization of ostoid from decreased Vit D
Paget’s treatment
calcitonin, bisphosphonate
Gardner syndrome
osteoma with FAP
overexpression of MHC I on sarcolemma with CD8 infiltration
polymyositis
polymyositis pathogenesis
muscle autoantigens taken up by macs, presented to CD4+ –> IFN-gamma –> IL-1, TNF-alpha
tumor with cartilage cap, continuous with bone marrow
osteochondroma
osteosarcoma
osteoblasts, metaphysis of long bones, “sunburst”
osteomyelitis bone type
metaphysis
ewing sarcoma
t(11:22), “onion skin” - inside medullar cavity, layering of new bone - diaphysis
osteolytic punched out lesions
metastatic prostate cancer
small round blue cells resembling lymphocytes
ewing sarcoma
PRPP synthetase mutation
increased uric acid from purine metabolism - predisposes to gout