Joint Pathology Flashcards
Articular (hyaline) cartilage of a joint contains this type of collagen
Type II
Degeneration of articular cartilage caused by ‘wear and tear’
Osteoarthritis
This is also called degenerative joint disease
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis involves this type of joint
Synovial joints
In Osteoarthritis, continued physical stress erodes cartilage and this is exposed
Subchondral bone
The earliest change in this condition is splits along the planes of vertical orientation of type II collagen
Osteoarthritis
In Osteoarthritis, the earliest change is splits along these planes
Vertical orientation of type II collagen
Joint Mice or Loose bodies are when pieces of cartilage break away from the surface, and are seen in this condition
Osteoarthritis
This describes when intact pieces of cartilage may break away from surface in Osteoarthritis
Joint Mice or Loose Bodies
Bony eburnation (no hyaline cartilage) is seen in this condition
Osteoarthritis
Fibrillation of cartilage and chondrocyte clustering is seen in this condition
Osteoarthritis
Friction causes eburnation in this condition
Osteoarthritis
Loss of articular cartilage causing eburnation is seen in this condition
Osteoarthritis
Crepitus may present in this condition
Osteoarthritis
Osteophytes may occur in this condition due to reactive bone formation at edges, leading to decreased ROM
Osteoarthritis
Reactive articular bone formation may cause sclerosis in this condition
Osteoarthritis
Subchondral bone cysts may form in this condition
Osteoarthritis
Osteophytes (bone spurs) may form in this condition and be palpable
Osteoarthritis
Loss of joint space may occur in these two conditions
Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis
Osteophytes at DIP joints
Heberden nodes
Osteophytes at PIP joints
Bouchard nodes
Heberden nodes are seen in this joint
DIP
Bouchard nodes are seen in this joint
PIP
Heberden and Bouchard nodes are seen in this condition
Osteoarthritis
Due to osteophytes and interphalangeal joints
Autoimmune disorder of synovium resulting in joint damage
Rheumatoid arthritis
Are males or females more likely to have Rheumatoid arthritis?
Females 3:1
How old is the typical patient with Osteoarthritis?
Symptoms usually begin in 50’s
(middle age / older)
How old is the typical patient with Rheumatoid arthritis?
30-40 years
(middle age / younger)
These act as neoantigens in Rheumatoid arthritis
Citrullinated peptides (modified Arg residues)
Citrullinated peptides (modified Arg residues) may act as neoantigens in this condition
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with this gene
HLA-DR4
HLA-DR4 gene is associated with this condition
Rheumatoid arthritis
In this condition, RF-IgG complexes deposit in synovium and CD4 cells stimulate macrophage release of TNF
Rheumatoid arthritis
In Rheumatoid arthritis, macrophage release of TNF stimulates these cells
Synovial cells = proteases degrade cartilage
Condition where synovitis is seen
Rheumatoid arthritis
IgM against Fc receptor of IgG
Rheumatoid Factor
This serologic marker for Rheumatoid arthritis is a specific type of citrullinated peptide that is found in 40% of patients
Anti-Sa
Anti-Sa is seen in about 40% of patients with this
Rheumatoid arthritis
This serologic marker for Rheumatoid arthritis is more specific and seen earlier than Rheumatoid Factor
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies
Proliferative synovitis results from this condition and forms a pannus
Rheumatoid arthritis
In Rheumatoid arthritis, proliferative synovitis results and forms this
Pannus
edematous synovium and granulation tissue
This is uncommon but may occur late in Rheumatoid arthritis when pannus becomes fibrotic or even ossifies
Joint fuses = fibrous or bony Ankylosis
Condition characterized by stiffness in the morning for <30 minutes
Osteoarthritis
Condition characterized by prolonged morning stiffness
Rheumatoid arthritis
Parts of the body that are most affected in Osteoarthritis
Men: hips
Women: hands, knees
Parts of the body most affected in Rheumatoid arthritis
Small bones of hands/feet
What joints are most affected in Rheumatoid arthritis, MP, PIP, or DIP?
MP and PIP
DIP is spared
Condition that is also associated with systemic signs/symptoms, such as serositis (SOB), amyloidosis, anemia, vasculitis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Severe form of RA that is characterized by anemia, leukopenia, splenomegaly
Felty syndrome
Felty syndrome is a severe form of this condition that is characterized by anemia, leukopenia, splenomegaly
Rheumatoid arthritis
Caplan syndrome is caused by patients with this condition having accelerated lung fibrosis with coal workers lung, silicosis, asbestosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Condition in patients with RA involving accelerated lung fibrosis with coal workers lung, silicosis, asbestosis
Caplan syndrome
Soft tissue masses of forearm, elbows, occiput
Firm, non-tender subcutaneous masses
Central necrosis with palisading histiocytes (macrophages)
Rheumatoid nodules (seen in RA)
Idiopathic arthritis for more than 6 months in a child less than 16 years old
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Serological tests for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Seropositive for ANA and/or RF
Most common pediatric rheumatic disorder
Usually polyarticular, large joints, associated with systemic disease
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Group of RF negative arthritides in genetically susceptible individuals
Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
Condition that causes enthesitis (inflammation of tendinous insertions)
Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
Group of conditions including ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis
Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
Are Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies RF positive?
No
Is Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis RF positive?
Yes, can be +/- ANA
Vertebral and sacro-iliac joint inflammation with fusion
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Is Ankylosing Spondylitis more common in males or females?
Males
What age do patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis present?
20-40 year old (young adult)
Ankylosing Spondylitis involves inflammation and fusion of these joints
Vertebral and sacro-iliac
Gene associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis
HLA-B27
HLA-B27 is associated with these 3 conditions
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Reactive Arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis
(all are Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies)
3 conditions that are Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Reactive arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis
A patient with severe hip/back pain and uveitis may have this condition
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Does Ankylosing Spondylitis affect tendinous insertions or synovium?
Tendinous insertions
Late stage patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis often have this disease
Restrictive lung disease
May also have aortitis or uveitis
Nonseptic arthritis following GI/GU infection in genetically susceptible individual
Reactive arthritis
Gene associated with Reactive arthritis (aka Reiter syndrome)
HLA-B27
This is also called Reiter syndrome
Reactive arthritis
This condition may progress to ankylosing spondylitis type syndrome
Reactive arthritis
Does Reactive arthritis affect tendinous insertions or synovium?
Synovial space
Molecular mimicry mechanism is proposed for this condition, where bacterial particles and/or anti-bacterial antibodies are in synovial space
Reactive arthritis
Condition involving arthritis and conjunctivitis following GI or urethral infections
Reactive arthritis
A patient who just had a GI infection and now has sudden onset of joint pain and conjunctivitis may have this condition
Reactive arthritis
Dysuria, arthritis, and conjunctivitis are the classic triad of this condition
Reactive arthritis
What is the classic triad of Reactive arthritis?
Dysuria
Arthritis
Conjunctivitis
Who is more likely to have Reactive arthritis, males or females?
Males
What parts of the body does Reactive arthritis most often effect?
Knees, ankles, feet
(“oligoarthritic”)
Condition with sudden onset of arthritis, in knees, ankles and feet especially, that waxes and wanes and may be chronic
Reactive arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis is associated with this gene
HLA-B27
Psoriatic arthritis affects this joint in particular
Sacro-iliac joints
Arthritis caused by bacterial joint infection
Septic arthritis
Most common source of spread in Septic arthritis
Hematogenous
Most common organism that causes Septic arthritis in adults
S. aureus
Most common organism that causes Septic arthritis in pediatrics
H. influenzae
Most common site of Septic arthritis
Knee
Patients with this have the highest risk of Septic arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Patients with RA may take TNF inhibitors, which causes an increase of infections with this, which could cause Septic arthritis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia are more likely to get Septic arthritis from this organism
Salmonella
Patients with primary immunoglobulin deficiency are more likely to get Septic arthritis from this organism
Mycoplasma
Patients with alcoholism are more likely to get Septic arthritis from this organism
Pneumococcus
Condition characterized by red, symmetric joint, swelling, joint effusion, pain, decreased ROM
Is an orthopedic emergency
Septic arthritis
Immune complex mediated arthritis
Gonococcal arthritis
Gonococcal arthritis mainly affects patients of this age
Young adults
Who is more likely to get Gonococcal arthritis, males or females?
Females, 3:1
Condition involving migratory polyarthritis, fever and rash on distal extremities, and negative blood and synovial culture
Gonococcal arthritis
Acute episodic arthritis or chronic arthritis due to monosodium urate crystal deposition
Gout
Gout is acute episodic arthritis or chronic arthritis due to deposition of this
Monosodium urate crystals
Monosodium urate crystals are deposited in gout, and are formed during this process
Purine catabolism
Rarely, cases of gout are due to overproduction of uric acid, such as during this
Tissue destruction (e.g. due to chemotherapy)
Most causes of gout are due to this
Underexcretion of uric acid (decreased renal excretion)
What reaction does xanthine oxidase catalyze?
Xanthine to Uric acid
Condition involving rapid onset of warm, tender, red joints, MP joint of great toe is most common
Gout
Most common site of arthritis in gout
MP joint of great toe
Who is more likely to have gout, males or females?
Males
Type of drug that is a risk factor for gout
Thiazide diuretics
Chronic gout may cause proliferative synovitis, leading to formation of this
Pannus
In acute gout episodes, MSU crystals deposit here
In periarticular tissues
Synovium, surrounding soft tissues
Chronic gout may lead to joint destruction similar to this condition
Rheumatoid arthritis
Collection of MSU crystals in soft tissues seen in chronic gout
Gouty tophus
Chronic renal failure due to crystal deposition in interstitium seen in chronic gout
Nephrolithiasis due to uric acid stones
Urate nephropathy
Gouty tophus and Urate nephropathy may occur in patients with this condition
Chronic gout
This exhibits negative birefringence under polarized light
Yellow under parallel light
Gouty tophus
Chalky material deposited in soft tissues, seen in chronic gout
Gouty tophus
X-linked recessive HGPRT deficiency
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
What is the inheritance pattern of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome?
X-linked recessive
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is a deficiency of this
HGPRT
Condition characterized by mild mental retardation, self-mutilation and spasticity
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease
Pseudogout
(aka chondrocalcinosis)
Other name for Pseudogout
Chondrocalcinosis
In this condition, degradation of articular cartilage produce calcium pyrophosphate crystals
These form crystal aggregates which deposit in tissues and damage joints
Pseudogout
What is the typical age of a patient with Pseudogout?
Older/elderly
Blue crystalline deposits with little inflammatory reaction are histologically seen in this condition
Pseudogout
Rhomboid crystals with positive birefringence are seen in this condition
Pseudogout
Condition involving acute arthritis lasting several days, limited to 1-2 joints, usually spares MTP joint
Pseudogout
Pseudogout involves this many joints
Limited to 1 or 2 joints
Does Gonococcal arthritis involve multiple joints?
Yes - migratory polyarthritis is seen
Does Septic arthritis involve multiple joints?
No - is usually monoarticular
In a synovial fluid analysis, a syringe lubricated with this is inserted into joint space to aspirate fluid
Anticoagulant
Are leukocytes high in Osteoarthritis?
No - are non-inflammatory
Are leukocytes high in Rheumatic arthritis?
Yes, is inflammatory
Femoral head displacement relative to femoral neck
Often with mild trauma or unrecognized trauma
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
What is the typical age of a patient with Slipped capital femoral epiphysis?
10-16 years
Is Slipped capital femoral epiphysis more common in males or females?
More common in boys - especially with obesity
A teenage overweight male who presents with groin or knee pain could have this condition
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Where might a patient experience pain in Slipped capital femoral epiphysis?
Pain at hip but often referred to groin or knee
Will have a limp
Line along superior side of femoral neck that should cross plane of growth plate which is no longer seen in Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Klein’s line
Overuse injury at patellar insertion at tibial tuberosity
Osgood-Schlatter disease
What age is the typical patient with Osgood-Schlatter disease?
Child / adolescent
With increased activity of knee
Osgood-Schlatter disease is due to overuse of this action
Knee extension
Osgood-Schlatter disease involves this part of the body
Patellar tendon insertion