MSK Flashcards
Ant Drawer Sign +
Def’n, Seen In, Assoc?
Attempt to pull Tibia forwards -> Tibia moves.
SEEN IN:
- ACL injury
ASSOC: Unhappy Triad
Post Drawer Sign +
PCL injury
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Def’n, Seen In, Imaging?
Type of arthritis that can cause some of spinal vert to fuse together.
(‘Ankylosing’ = fusing)
SEEN IN:
- IBDs (Crohn’s + Ulcerative Colitis)
IMAGING:
- “Bamboo spine” (vertebral fusion) appearance on XR
Charcot Joints / Charcot Arthropathy / Neurogenic Arthropathy
Locations Affected (2 MC), Def’n, Seen In?
MC joints affected = Knee + Ankle
Joint destruction that develops because patient is unable to sense pain and is therefore unaware of the early signs of joint damage.
SEEN IN:
- Tabes Dorsalis (due to 3ry Syphilis)
Clubbing
Seen In?
SEEN IN:
- Eisenmenger’s Sx
Dowager’s Hump
Def’n, Mech (4 steps), Seen In?
Abnormal outward curvature of upper back (thoracic vert).
MECH:
Osteoporosis -> Compression of vert -> Kyphosis -> Dowager’s Hump
SEEN IN: Osteoporosis
Gowers Sign
Def’n, Pres, Seen In?
Calf pseudohypertrophy.
PRES: Child uses arms to stand up from squat
SEEN IN: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Kyphosis
Def’n, Seen In?
Rounding / outward curvature of spine -> back “hunching”.
SEEN IN:
- Homocystinuria
Pannus
Def’n, Locations (2), Seen In?
Hyperplastic synovial tis growing over articular cartilage.
- MCP
- PIP
SEEN IN:
- RA
Pes Cavus
Def’n, Seen In?
Foot with an arch that is too high.
SEEN IN:
- Friedrich’s Ataxia (also with “hammer toes”)
Podagra
Def’n, Seen In?
Painful MTP joint of big toe.
SEEN IN: Gout
Tendinous Xanthoma
MC Location Affected, Def’n, Seen In (2)?
MC in Achilles tendon
Lipid deposits in tendon.
SEEN IN
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hyperlipidemia
Tinel Sign
Def’n, Seen In?
Tingling on percussion.
SEEN IN: Carpal Tunnel Sx
Tophus
Def’n, MC Locations (5), Seen In?
Deposition of uric acid crystals in SOFT TIS.
- External Ear
- Elbows (olecranon bursa)
- Fingers
- Achilles tendon
- Big Toe
SEEN IN: CHRONIC Gout
Valgus Stress
Def’n, Seen In?
Abnormal passive ABduction of knee.
SEEN IN: MCL injury