MSK Flashcards

1
Q

‘pencil-in-cup’ X-ray appearance, sausage fingers

A

psoriatic arthritis

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2
Q

wrist drop

A

radial nerve palsy

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3
Q

dinner fork/swan neck deformity

A

displaced collet fracture

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4
Q

pain in anatomical snuffbox

A

scaphoid fracture

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5
Q

feels like walking on pebbles

A

subluxation of the MTP joints (advanced RA)

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6
Q

arthritis + uveitis + urethritis

A

reiter’s syndrome

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7
Q

foot drop

A

common peroneal nerve palsy

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8
Q

hanging rope sign

A

AVN

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9
Q

negative birefringent, needle shaped urate crystals

A

gout

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10
Q

envelope shaped/rhomboid, mildly positive birefringent crystals

A

pseudogout

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11
Q

positive anterior drawer test (knee)

A

ACL tear/rupture

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12
Q

pain in internal rotation and extension of knee at 90 degree (steinmann’s test)

A

lateral meniscal tear

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13
Q

painful arc

A

shoulder impingement

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14
Q

difficulty with external rotation, loss of movement

A

frozen shoulder

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15
Q

dry eyes, mouth, skin +ve schirmers test

A

sjorgen’s syndrome

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16
Q

dry eyes, mouth, vagina and bronchitis

A

sick syndrome

17
Q

a locked knee

A

bucket handle meniscal tear

18
Q

bamboo spine on xray, sacroiliitis, question mark posture

A

ankylosing spondylitis

19
Q

shortened leg with external rotation

A

displaced fracture of neck of femur

20
Q

onion peel sign

A

Ewing’s sarcoma

21
Q

popcorn calcification of xray

A

chondrosarcoma

22
Q

soap bubble appearance on xray

A

giant cell tumour

23
Q

scalp tenderness and jaw claudication

A

temporal arteritis

24
Q

gower’s sign positive

A

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

25
Q

swollen/ ‘woody’ calves

A

duchenne ot Becker muscular dystrophy

26
Q

light bulb sign

A

posterior shoulder dislocation

27
Q

shepherd’s crook deformity

A

fibrous dysplasia

28
Q

anti-ccp antibody

A

RA

29
Q

anti-rnp

A

mixed connective tissue disease

30
Q

anti-jo-1

A

polymyositis and dermatomyositis

31
Q

anticarciolipin, lupus anticoagulant

A

antiphospholipid syndrome

32
Q

anterior knee pain in a teenager with no history of trauma

A

chondromalacia patellae