MSK

Question 0

Ant Drawer Sign +

Def’n, Seen In, Assoc?

Answer 0

Attempt to pull Tibia forwards -> Tibia moves.

SEEN IN:
- ACL injury

ASSOC: Unhappy Triad

Question 1

Post Drawer Sign +

Answer 1

PCL injury

Question 2

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Def’n, Seen In, Imaging?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Charcot Joints / Charcot Arthropathy / Neurogenic Arthropathy

Locations Affected (2 MC), Def’n, Seen In?

Answer 3

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)

Question 4

Clubbing

Seen In?

Answer 4

SEEN IN:

- Eisenmenger’s Sx

Question 5

Dowager’s Hump

Def’n, Mech (4 steps), Seen In?

Answer 5

Abnormal outward curvature of upper back (thoracic vert).

MECH:
Osteoporosis -> Compression of vert -> Kyphosis -> Dowager’s Hump

SEEN IN: Osteoporosis

Question 6

Gowers Sign

Def’n, Pres, Seen In?

Answer 6

Calf pseudohypertrophy.

PRES: Child uses arms to stand up from squat

SEEN IN: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Question 7

Kyphosis

Def’n, Seen In?

Answer 7

Rounding / outward curvature of spine -> back “hunching”.

SEEN IN:
- Homocystinuria

Question 8

Pannus

Def’n, Locations (2), Seen In?

Answer 8

Hyperplastic synovial tis growing over articular cartilage.

• MCP
• PIP

SEEN IN:
- RA

Question 9

Pes Cavus

Def’n, Seen In?

Answer 9

Foot with an arch that is too high.

SEEN IN:
- Friedrich’s Ataxia (also with “hammer toes”)

Question 10

Podagra

Def’n, Seen In?

Answer 10

Painful MTP joint of big toe.

SEEN IN: Gout

Question 11

Tendinous Xanthoma

MC Location Affected, Def’n, Seen In (2)?

Answer 11

MC in Achilles tendon

Lipid deposits in tendon.

SEEN IN

• Hypercholesterolemia
• Hyperlipidemia

Question 12

Tinel Sign

Def’n, Seen In?

Answer 12

Tingling on percussion.

SEEN IN: Carpal Tunnel Sx

Question 13

Tophus

Def’n, MC Locations (5), Seen In?

Answer 13

Deposition of uric acid crystals in SOFT TIS.

• External Ear
• Elbows (olecranon bursa)
• Fingers
• Achilles tendon
• Big Toe

SEEN IN: CHRONIC Gout

Question 14

Valgus Stress

Def’n, Seen In?

Answer 14

Abnormal passive ABduction of knee.

SEEN IN: MCL injury

Question 15

Varus Stress

Answer 15

Abnormal passive ADduction of knee.

LCL injury

Question 16

Wrist / Foot Drop (peripheral neuropathy)

Seen In?

Answer 16

SEEN IN:

- Churg-Strauss Sx

Question 17

Enlarged bones of Jaw, Hands + Feet

Seen In?

Answer 17

SEEN IN: Acromegaly

Question 18

Segmental, thrombosing, necrotizing vasculitis of digits ->
Gangrene + Auto-Amputation

Seen In?

Answer 18

SEEN IN:

- Buerger’s Dz (Thromboangitis Obliterans)

Question 19

Short stature + Shortened 4th / 5th digits

Answer 19

Pseudohypoparathyroidism / Albright’s Hereditary Osteodystrophy

Question 20

“Bowlegged” appearance

Def’n, Seen In?

Answer 20

Knee CARTILAGE LOSS that begins MEDIALLY.

SEEN IN: Osteoarthritis

Question 21

Rocker-Bottom Feet

Seen In (2)?

Answer 21

SEEN IN:

• Edwards Sx
• Patau Sx

Question 22

Osteophytes

Def’n, Seen In?

Answer 22

Bone spurs.

SEEN IN: Osteoarthritis

Question 23

Bouchard Nodes

Location Affected, Seen In?

Answer 23

PROXIMAL interphalangeal joint

SEEN IN: Osteoarthritis

Question 24

Heberden Nodes

Location, Seen In?

Answer 24

DISTAL interphalangeal joint

SEEN IN: Osteoarthritis

Question 25

Eburnation

Def’n, Seen In?

Answer 25

Polished, ivory-like appearance of bone.

SEEN IN: Osteoarthritis