msk Flashcards
pencil-in-cup x-ray appearance, sausage fingers
psoriatic arthritis
wrist drop
radial nerve palsy
“dinner fork” or “swan’s neck” deformity in wrist
displaced Colles fracture
pain/tenderness in the anatomical snuffbox
scaphoid fracture
“feels like walking on pebbles”
advanced rheumatoid arthritis in the feet - subluxation of the metatarsophalangeal joints
arthritis + uveitis + urethritis (can’t see, can’t pee, can’t bend the knee)
reiter’s syndrome (reactive arthritis)
foot drop
common fibular nerve (perineal nerve)
fracture necrosis
proximal scaphoid, intracapsular femoral, femoral condyles, humeral head, capitellum and proximal talus
hanging rope sign
AVN
negative birefringent, needle shaped urate crystals
gout
envelope shaped/rhomboid, mildly positive birefringent Ca pyrophosphate crystals
pseudogout
positive anterior drawer test (tibia can be pulled forward easily on the femur when knee flexed)
ACL tear/rupture
pain in internal rotation and extension of knee at 90 degree
lateral meniscal tear
painful arc (pain on abducting between about 70-120 degrees)
damaged supraspinatus tendon, frozen shoulder
dry eyes, mouth, skin, +ve Schirmer’s test
Sjogren’s syndrome (with infiltration) (often with RA)
dry eyes, mouth, vagina, bronchitis
Sicca syndrome (no infiltration) (no signs of arthritis)
locked knee
bucket handle meniscal tear
bamboo spine on xray, sacroiliitis and question mark posture
ankylosing spondilitis
shortened leg and externally rotated
displaced fracture neck of femur
shortened leg and internally rotated
dislocated femoral head
“onion-peel” sign
ewing’s sarcoma
“sunray” spiculation
osteosarcoma
“popcorn calcification” on xray
chondrosarcoma
“soap bubble” appearance on xray
giant cell tumour (benign)
scalp tenderness and jaw claudication
temporal arteritis/GCA
- large vessel vasculitis
gower’s sign positive
duchenne’s md
swollen, “woody” calves
duchenne or becker md
“hatchet-like” face
myotonic dystrophy
