MSK Flashcards
Causes of primary vasculitis
Large
Medium
Small
L -> giant cell / Takayasu
M -> PAN, kawasaki
S -> HSP, Wegener’s, Churg-Strauss, microscopic poyangitis
Causes of secondary vasculitis
aortitis in RA
autoimmune, malignancy, drugs, infection
Eg of infective / drug / autoimmune causes of secondary vasculitis
Infective -> BBV, strep
Drugs -> penicillin, steroids
Autoimmune-> RA, SLE, Sjogrens
ANCA assos vasculitis?
Wegener’s
microscopic poyangitis
Churg-Strauss
What is ANCA?
how detected?
2 types?
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
detected with indirect immunofluorescence microscopy
c-ANCA (cytoplasmic)
p-ANCA (peri-nuclear)
Pres of wegeners?
Nasal/sinus problems - epistaxis; saddle-nose deformity
Lungs - haemoptysis
Kidneys - rapidly progressing glomerulonephritis
+/- conductive hearing loss, arthritis, subcutaneous nodules, neuropathy
c-ANCA / PR3 = ?
Wegeners –>
now should instead be called ‘granulomatosis with polyangitis’
p-ANCA / MPO = ?
Churg-Strauss
Triad of affected areas in Wegeners?
lung
kidney
ENT
usual vasculitis with raised eosinophils?
Churg-strauss
–> often get new onset / worsening asthma
New name for Wegeners?
granulomatosis with polyangitis
Who does wegeners affect?
Men 25-60
Causes of cavitation on CXR?
wegeners, malignancy, TB, klebsiella
alternate name for churg strauss?
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with poyangitis
Pres of churg-strauss
Lungs - new/worsening asthma, pulmonary infiltrates, alveolar haemorrhage
CNS - neuropathy
ENT - polyps, conductive hearing loss, allergic rhinitis
Skin - purpura, nodules
RENAL DISEASE IS RARE
How to differentiate wegeners/churg-strauss?
wegeners affects kidneys (c-ANCA)
eosinophilia in churg (p-ANCA)
Mx of Churg-Strauss / Wegners?
Induce remission [high dose steroids + cyclophosphomide/Rituximab]
Maintain remission [MTX + pred + folic acid]
Features of HSP
children IgA purpuric rash arthritis abdo pain glomerulonephritis
Features of polyarteritis nodosa
Medium vessel
Aneurysms
Mx of GCA?
if no visual sx?
if visual sx?
Prednisolone
40mg if no visual disturbance
60mg if visual disturbance
Condition linked to GCA?
polymyalgia rheumatica
Sx of GCA
headache, severe, sharp, dull throbbing, (won’t stop without steroids)
TA -> swollen, tender, pulseless
Features of PMR
shoulder/pelvic pain
morning stiffness
weakness on exertion (due to pain)
ix in PMR?
r/o?
ESR/CRP RhF/Anti-CCP ANA CK - to r/o muscle pathology eg polymyositis TFT
Mx of PMR
Prednisolone 15mg
Bone protection
PPI
Vasculitic screen?
FBC Urinalysis ESR/CRP LFTs ANCA CXR Biopsy
How to describe fracture?
Complexity Type (FIG-TACOS) Comminution Location Displacement
what is FRAX score for?
10 year risk of fracture
Age, sex, BMI
Prev fracture, FH fracture, low femoral neck BMD
Alcohol, smoking, glucocorticoids
RA, secondary osteoporosis
2 fractures which can lead to avascular necrosis?
femoral head
scaphoid
what is a colles fracture?
distal radius with dorsal displacement of fragments
(fall onto wrist in extension)
FOOSH
Mx of wrist fracture
reduction via manipulation + anaesthesia
immobilise -> avoid full cast initially due to swelling
Sign of scaphoid fracture
tenderness in anatomical snuffbox
what runs through anatomical snuff box
Radial nerve - sensory branch
comps of Colles?
median nerve damage
Fall backwards?
what is opposite of Colles?
Smiths fracture (fall onto flexed wrist) distal fracture of radius with ventral displacement
Garden spade deformity
Seen on lateral X-Ray of colles?
dinner fork sign
How does NOF fracture present
affected leg shortened, adducted and externally rotated
main types of NOF fracture?
which is worse?
intracapsular
extra-capsular
intra = worse -> avascular necrosis more likely
Ix in fractured NOF
AP + lateral X-Ray
FBC, cross match, U+Es, glucose, ECG
Mx of intracapsular fracture
analgesia (NOT NSAIDs)
surgery in 1d
when to X-Ray an ankle?
ottawa ankle rules
> 55
Inability to wt bear
Bony tenderness
Mx of ankle fracture if dislocated
reduce immediately under sedation
Signs of compartment syndrome?
pain out of proportion
+ signs of compartment syndrome
-> pain, paraesthesia, pallor, paralysis, pulseless, perishingly cold
mx of compartment syndrome
fasciotomy
stages of fracture healing
- haematoma
- soft callus
- bony callus
- bone remodelling
what is frozen shoulder?
thickening and contraction of glenohumeral joint capsule +/- adhesions
pres of frozen shoulder
pain + loss of function
-> external rotation lost
osteoporosis?
low bone mass + micro-architectural deterioration leading to fragility and fracture risk
DEXA for osteoporosis?
osteopenia?
Osteoporosis < - 2.5SDs
-2.5
Pathogenesis of osteoporosis?
increased osteoclast
decreased osteoblast
osteoporotic fractures
spine
distal radius
NOF
pelvis
secondary RFs for osteorporosis
SHATTERED Steroids Hyper -thyroid; -PTH Alcohol/tobacco Thin Testosterone decreased Early menopause Renal/liver function Erosive/inflam disease Dietary
Why do steroids increase risk of osteoporosis?
Decreased Ca absorption from gut
increased osteoclast
decreased muscle mass
DDx in osteoporosis
myeloma
ix in osteoporosis
FBC, ESR, CRP
Bone profile (NAD in osteoporosis)
U+Es, LFT, TFT, Ca
Serum Ig
Mx for osteoporosis
lifestyle (exercise, stop smoking+alcohol)
Calcium+Vit D
Bisphosphonates
Fall prevention?
avoid polypharmacy
alternative medication if intolerant of bisphosphonates
Denosumab
monoclonal antibody to RANKL
how do bisphosphonates work
inhibit osteoclasts
SEs of bisphosphonates
oesophagitis
gastric ulcers
osteonecrosis of the jaw
osteomalacia?
disorder of mineralisation due to Vit D deficiency
In kids = Rickets
Functions of Vit D?
Bone - increase Ca mobilisation, increase osteoclast
Intestine - increase Ca absorp, PO4 absorp
Decreases PTH
PTH mech?
Bone - increase osteoclasts
Kidney - increase 1,25vD3 + decrease Ca excretion + increase PO4 excretion
What stimulates PTH
low Ca
Pres of Rickets
leg bowing, knock knees, softening of skull, frontal bossing, waddling gait
widespread bone pain + tenderness
Paget’s disease of bone?
increased bone turnover
Lytic - osteoclasts
Sclerotic - rapid bone formation by osteoblasts -> deformed
Where affected by Paget’s?
axial skeleton
sx in pagets
bone pain
deformity
comps of pagets
pathological fractures + lots of bleeding (vascular)
deafness/tinnitus
ix in pagets
ALP - high
(Ca, PO4, PTH normal)
isotope bone scans
XR of pagets?
osteolysis and osteosclerosis
‘blade of grass lesion’
‘cotton wool pattern’ in skull
mx pagets
NSAIDs
bisphosphonates
inflam vs degenerative arthritis?
inflam -> ease on use, stiff in morning (>60mins), hot and red, responds to NSAIDs, swelling
Degenerative -> worse with use, morning (<30mins), no swelling, not inflamed, ‘gelling’
joints affected in OA
knees, hips, thumb base, spine
signs of OA
reduced ROM
crepitus
pain on movement
heberdens, bouchards