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
Reiter’s syndrome
HLA-B27; Chlamydia urethritis; arthritis; conjunctivitis; Achilles tendon periostitis
Osteomyelitis children
hematogenous spread of Staphylococcus aureus to metaphysis
Osteomyelitis in HbSS
Salmonella paratyphi
Pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis
puncture of foot when wearing rubber foot wear
Tuberculous osteomyelitis
usually involves vertebra (Pott’s disease)
Disseminated gonococcemia
female dominant; C6-C9 deficiency
Disseminated gonococcemia
septic arthritis (knee); tendinitis/synovitis and skin pustules in feet/wrists
Lyme disease
bite Ixodes tick; Borrelia burgdorjeri; reservoirs white footed mouse, white tailed deer
Early S/S Lyme disease
erythematous concentric rash (erythema chronicum migrans), Rx doxycycline
Late S/S Lyme disease
arthritis, Bell’s palsy (often bilateral), myocarditis, Rx doxycycline
Babesiosis
carried by Ixodes tick; Babesia are intraerythrocytic parasites; hemolytic anemia
Cat bite
potential for Pasteurella multocida septic arthritis
Osgood Schlatter’s
inflammation proximal tibial apophysis at patellar tendon insertion; knobby knee