MSK Flashcards
‘pencil-in-cup’ X-ray appearance, sausage fingers
psoriatic arthritis
wrist drop
radial nerve palsy
dinner fork/swan neck deformity
displaced collet fracture
pain in anatomical snuffbox
scaphoid fracture
feels like walking on pebbles
subluxation of the MTP joints (advanced RA)
arthritis + uveitis + urethritis
reiter’s syndrome
foot drop
common peroneal nerve palsy
hanging rope sign
AVN
negative birefringent, needle shaped urate crystals
gout
envelope shaped/rhomboid, mildly positive birefringent crystals
pseudogout
positive anterior drawer test (knee)
ACL tear/rupture
pain in internal rotation and extension of knee at 90 degree (steinmann’s test)
lateral meniscal tear
painful arc
shoulder impingement
difficulty with external rotation, loss of movement
frozen shoulder
dry eyes, mouth, skin +ve schirmers test
sjorgen’s syndrome
dry eyes, mouth, vagina and bronchitis
sick syndrome
a locked knee
bucket handle meniscal tear
bamboo spine on xray, sacroiliitis, question mark posture
ankylosing spondylitis
shortened leg with external rotation
displaced fracture of neck of femur
onion peel sign
Ewing’s sarcoma
popcorn calcification of xray
chondrosarcoma
soap bubble appearance on xray
giant cell tumour
scalp tenderness and jaw claudication
temporal arteritis
gower’s sign positive
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
swollen/ ‘woody’ calves
duchenne ot Becker muscular dystrophy
light bulb sign
posterior shoulder dislocation
shepherd’s crook deformity
fibrous dysplasia
anti-ccp antibody
RA
anti-rnp
mixed connective tissue disease
anti-jo-1
polymyositis and dermatomyositis
anticarciolipin, lupus anticoagulant
antiphospholipid syndrome
anterior knee pain in a teenager with no history of trauma
chondromalacia patellae
