MSK Flashcards
1
Q
Pencil-in-cup X-ray appearance, sausage fingers
A
psoriatic arthritis
2
Q
wrist drop
A
radial nerve pals
3
Q
dinner fork deformity
A
displaced Colles fracture
4
Q
Pain/tenderness in the anatomical snuffbox
A
scaphoid fracture
5
Q
Feels like walking on pebbles
A
advanced RA in feet
6
Q
can’t see, can’t pee, can’t bend the knee
A
reiter’s syndrome
reactive arthritis
7
Q
foot drop
A
common fibular nerve palsy
8
Q
Negative birefringent, needle shaped urate crystals
A
gout
9
Q
- Envelope shaped/rhomboid, mildly positive birefringent Ca pyrophosphate crystals
A
pseudogout
10
Q
+ve anterior drawer test
A
ACL tear/rupture
11
Q
Pain on internal rotation and extension of the knee at 90degree
A
lateral meniscal tear
12
Q
painful arc
A
damaged supraspinatus
13
Q
locked knee
A
bucket handle meniscal tear
14
Q
bamboo spine on XR
A
ankylosing spondylitis
15
Q
“onion-peel” sign
A
Ewing’s sarcoma
