Goljy Musculoskeletal and Soft Tissue. Flashcards
Monosodium urate crystals (MSU)
yellow when parallel to slow ray of compensator
Calcium pyrophosphate crystals (pseudogout)
blue when parallel to slow ray of compensator
Osteoarthritis
degeneration articular cartilage; subchondral cysts; eburnation; osteophytes at margins
OA Joints
weight bearing (femoral head); DIP joint (Heberden’s nodes), PIP joints (Bouchard nodes)
Neuropathic joint
2° to neurologic disease; Any condition resulting in decreased peripheral sensation, proprioception, and fine motor control: DM, syringomyelia, tabes dorsalis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
female dominant; HLA Dr4
RF
IgM antibody against Fc portion IgG; causes inflammation of synovial tissue
Pannus
inflamed hyperplastic synovial tissue destroys articular cartilage; joint fusion
RA Joints
MCP and PIP joints
S/S RA
morning stiffness; ulnar deviation of hands; carpal tunnel (entrapped median nerve)
Rx RA
methotrexate often used as initial therapy, aspirin
Sjogren’s syndrome
destruction lacrimal and minor salivary glands; RA; anti-SS-Ro/SS-La (SSa and SSb)
S/S Sjogren’s syndrome
dry eyes and dry mouth
Caplan syndrome
pneumoconiosis + rheumatoid nodules in lungs
Felty’s syndrome
RA + splenomegaly with hypersplenism
Gouty arthritis
underexcretion of uric acid; big toe first affected; tophus in soft tissue sign chronic gout
Gout associations
alcohol, Pb poisoning
Tophus
MSU crystals produce foreign body giant cell reaction next to joint
Uricosuric agents
probenecid and sulfinpyrazone
Allopurinol
↓ synthesis uric acid; xanthine oxidase inhibitor
Pseudogout
involves knee; linear calcification in articular cartilage
Ankylosing spondylitis
HLA-B27 seronegative (RF negative) spondyloarthropathy; male dominant
S/S ankylosing spondylitis
sacroiliitis; bamboo spine causing kyphosis; aortitis; uveitis
Associations aknylosing spondylitis
C. trachomatis MC, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, Shigella, Campylobacter, Yersinia