MSK Flashcards
Which MSK condition is caused by an overuse injury of repetitive strain and chronic avulsion of the secondary ossification center of the proximal tibial tubercle?
Osgood Schlatter Disease
AKA traction apophysitis
Who is more pronged to Osgood Schlatter Disease?
Young males after growth spurt that run or jump with progressive anterior knee pain
What is Patellofemoral Syndrome?
Overuse injury common in young females, anterior part of the knee, exacerbated by prolonged sitting or weight bearing on a flexed knee
What is Legg - Calve Perthes Disease?
Idiopathic avascular necrosis of femoral head. COMMONLY IN MALES 5 - 7 YEARS OLD presenting with a limp and insidious hip pain
Who will have most likely develop slipped capital femoral epiphysis?
Obese young adolescent with hip/knee pain and altered gait.
What is a greenstick fracture?
Incomplete fracture extending partway through width of the bone, following bending stress, bone fails on tension side
What is the pathophysiology of Achondroplasia?
Failure of longitudinal bone growth, activation of fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibits chondrocyte proliferation. They will have short limbs and normal size torso and head or large head
What causes Osteoporosis?
Decrease in bone mass, increase in bone resorption (osteoclasts) related to a decrease in estrogen and old age. Can be secondary to drugs, hyperparathyroidism, malabsorption and multiple myeloma
How do you diagnose Osteoporosis?
DEXA x-ray at the lumber spine, total hip and femoral neck with a T score of less than 2.5 or by fragility fracture at the hip or vertebrae
How do you prevent Osteoporosis?
Regular weight bearing exercises and Ca+ and vitamin D intake
Tx: Bisphosphonates, teriparatide, SERMs,
If a patient presents with a Colle’s fracture, kyphosis, acute back pain, loss of height, vertebral compression fractures, femoral neck and distal radial fracture, what is the likely diagnosis?
Osteoporosis
What is Osteopetrosis?
Failure of normal bone resorption due to defective osteoclasts, thickened, dense, brittle bones that are prone to fracture.
What causes Osteopetrosis?
Mutation (CAII) impairs the ability of osteoclast to generate acidic environment necessary for bone resorption.
What can Osteopetrosis result in?
Cranial nerve impingement and palsies due to narrowed foramina.
Defective mineralization of what will cause osteomalacia/rickets?
Osteoid or cartilaginous growth plates (children) most commonly due to a vitamin D deficiency
What are the clinical features of Rickets?
Bowlegs (genu varum), beadlike costochondral junctions, craniotabes, increase in ALP and PTH, decrease in Ca, Vitamin D and PO43
Which bone disease is caused by bone remodeling, increased in osteoclasts and osteoblast?
Paget’s Disease
Osteitis Deformans
What are the vital levels of Paget’s Disease?
Normal Serum Ca+, phosphorus and PTH levels
Increased ALP
Mosaic pattern of woven and lamellar bone, long bone chalk stick fractures
What can Paget’s disease lead to?
Increase in blood flow causing high cardiac output failure and increase in the risk of osteosarcoma
What are some clinical features of Paget’s disease?
Males, increased in hat size, hearing loss due to skull deformity
What are the stages of Paget’s disease?
First Stage: Lytic (osteoClasts)
Intermediate (mixed): Osteoclast and Osteoblast
Mosaic, Sclerotic/blastic: osteoblast
What is the tx for Paget’s disease?
Bisphosphonates
What is the pathophysiology of Avascular necrosis of bone?
Insufficiency of medial circumflex femoral artery, infarction of bone and marrow
What are some causes of Avascular necrosis of bone?
CAST Bend LEGS
Corticosteroids, Alcohol, Sickle cell, Trauma, SLE, Legg CalvePerthes, Gauchers, slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Brown tumors due to fibroma replacement of bone, subperiosteal thinning, idiopathic or parathyroid hyperplasia (increase in PTH), adenoma carcinoma is which disease?
Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica (primary hyperparathyroidism)
Brown tumors due to fibroma replacement of bone, subperiosteal thinning, idiopathic or parathyroid hyperplasia, adenoma carcinoma is which disease?
Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica