MSK Flashcards
Pencil in a cup X ray, sausage fingers
Psoriatic arthritis
wrist drop
radial nerve palsy
Dinner fork deformity in wrist
displaced Colles fracture
pain, tenderness in anatomical snuffbox
scaphoid fracture
feels like walking on pebbles
advanced Rheumatoid arthritis in feet - subluxation of the metatarsophalangeal joints
arthritis, uveitis, urethritis (cant see, cant pee, cant climb a tree)
Reiter’s (reactive arthritis)
foot drop
common fibular nerve (peroneal nerve)
fracture shaft of humerus
radial nerve damaged
fractured neck of humerus
axillary nerve damage
Regimental Badge patch numbness
Axillary nerve palsy
Malar Rash
SLE/mitral stenosis
Avascular necrosis common locations
Proximal scaphoid, Intracapsular femoral, femoral condyles, humeral head, capitellum and proximal talus
Hanging rope sign
AVN - Perthes disease
Negative birefringent, needle shaped urate crystals
gout
rhomboid, mildly positive birefringent Ca pyrophosphate crystals
pseudo-gout
Positive anterior drawer test (tibia can be pulled forward easily on the femur when knee flexed)
ACL tear/rupture
Pain in internal rotation and extension of knee at 90 degree
lateral meniscal tear
Painful arc (pain on abducting between about 70-120 degrees)
damaged supraspinatus tendon, frozen shoulder
Dry eyes, mouth, skin, +ve Schirmer’s test
Sjogren’s Synd. (with infiltration) (often with RA)
Dry eyes, mouth, vagina, bronchitis
Sicca Synd. (no infiltration) (no signs of arthritis)
Locked knee
bucket handle meniscal tear
Bamboo spine on X RAY, and sacroiliitis
ankylosing spondylitis
Question mark posture
ankylosing spondylitis
Shortened leg and externally rotated
displaced fracture neck of femur
Shortened leg and internally rotated
Dislocated femoral head
“Onion-peel” sign
Ewing’s sarcoma
“Sunray” spiculation
osteosarcoma
“Popcorn calcification”
Chondrosarcoma
“Soap bubble” appearance on X Ray
Giant cell tumour (benign)
scalp tenderness and jaw claudication
temporal arteritis
