Masqueraders of MSK Pain Flashcards
1
Q
Types of cancer that commonly metastasize to bone
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- Breast
- Lung
- Thyroid
- Multiple myeloma
- Kidney
- Prostate
2
Q
primary tumors may include
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- multiple myeloma
- Ewing’s sarcoma
- malignant lymphoma
- chondrosarcoma
- osteosarcoma
- chondroma
3
Q
symptoms of metastatic bone cancer
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pain that is unvarying, progressive, is not received with rest or analgesics, and is more pronounced at night
4
Q
esophageal cancer symptomology
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pain radiating to the back, pain with swallowing, dysphagia, and weight loss
5
Q
pancreatic cancer symptomology
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deep, gnawing pain that may radiate from the chest to the back
6
Q
acute pancreatitis
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may manifest itself as mid-epigastric pain radiating to through the back
7
Q
cholecystitis may present with..
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abrupt, severe abdominal pain and right upper quadrant tenderness, N & V, fever
8
Q
review visceral pain patterns
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