MSK Flashcards
1
Q
How is RA diagnosed
A
Clinically first
2
Q
Describe Calcium Pyrophosphate crystals (2)
A
Positively birefringent
Rhomboid shaped
3
Q
What do Calcium Pyrophosphate crystals cause?
A
Pseudogout
4
Q
Which nerve is most likely to be affected secondary to a Colles’ fracture?
A
Median Nerve
not radial nerve!!
5
Q
Hypoxia, CNS depression, pulmonary oedema, petechial rash following orthopaedic surgery.
Diagnosis?
A
Fat embolism
6
Q
Symptoms of fat embolism (4)
A
Hypoxia
CNS depression
Pulmonary oedema
Petechial rash
7
Q
Which arthritis is assoc with haemochromatosis?
A
Pseudogout
8
Q
Most common cause of erythema nodosum?
A
Idiopathic
9
Q
Most common non-idiopathic causes of erythema nodosum?
A
Sarcoid and UC
