MSK, DERM, Reproductive Flashcards
Achondroplasia
- AD
- Activating mut of FGFR
- def in chondrocytes
- endochonral problem (long bones)
OI
Defect in precollagen type 1
blue sclera, hearing loss, broken bones
Osteopetrosis
- mut of CA II
- bone is thick and dense (rock bone)
- decrease Ca increase ALP
- vision and hearing impaired, hydrocephalus, pancytopenia
- “erlenmeyer flask bones”
Vit D def
Children: rickets
Adults: osteomalacia
defective mineralization of osteiod
“pigeon breast, frontal bossing, costochondral junction beads”
Osteoperosis
1 rf: smoking
- loss of trabecular bone mass
- genetic determine peak bone mass (vit d receptor)
- NORMAL LABS
Pagest
- isolated increase in ALP
- lamellar bone in mosaique pattern and prominent cement lines
cx: osteosarcoma
Osteoclast differentiation
RANk L
CSF
Osteomyelitis
Metaphysis in kids
- s. aureus (most common)
- salmonella (Sickle cell)
- Psuedomonas (IV drugs, diabetics)
- TB (lumbar vertebrae)
Osteoid osteoma
young patient
bone pain relieved by aspirin
Osteosarcoma
Teenage
male
bone pain
Rb gene
“sun burst appearance”
Metaphysis of distal femur and proximal tibia
Ewing sarcoma
Diaphysis of kids
Onion skin
neuroectoderm
small blue round cells
Osteoarthritis
Herderden nodules
stiffness worse throughout the day
RA
1. HLA DR4 2 Pannus destroys cartilage 3. ankylosing of joint 4 morning stiffness improves with use 5. symmetric 6. spares DIP 7. RF: Igm to Fc of IgG Ab to cirullinated protein
tx: prednisone
Reactive arthritis
SI joint and lumbar spine
HLA-B27 (ankylosing spondylarthritis)
Reiter syndrome
“Cant see, cant pee, cant climb a tree”
conjunctivitis, urethritis, arthritis
STI (chlamydia)
Acute gout
needle shaped
neg bifringence
yellow under parallel light
1st line: NSAIDs
2nd line: colchicine
Psuedogout
calcium pyrophosphate
rhomboid shape
weak pos bifirengence
Dermatomyositis
B/l proximal muscle weakness (climbing stairs)
rash under eyes (heliotrope)
Grotten lesions (red papules on elbows, knees, knuckles)
Increased CK, LDH, aldolase
Postiive ANA and anti-jo ab
Permysial inflammation
perifascicular atrophy
polymyositis
endomyseal inflamm
x-linked MD
del of dystrophins
Fatty replacement
Increased CK
cardiomyopathy common complication
Myasthenia gravis
Ab to Ach receptor at NMF
Muscle weakness that worsens through day
Ptosis, diplopia
tx: AcH Esterase inhibitor (pyridostigmine)
Thymic hyperplasia or thymoma
Lambert eaton
Ab to presynaptic Ca channel at NMF
SCC of lung
Impotence, ptosis, diplopia
decreased DTR
Weakness improves with use
Cardiac rhabdomyoma
Tuberous sclerosis
Rhabdomyosarcoma
children
desmin +
Vagina of young females
Fibromyalgia
muscle pain, stiffness
symmetric tender spots
Peroneal nerve damage (PED)
Loss of sensation to dorsum of foot
Peroneal
Everts
Dorsiflex
TIP Tibial nerve
Tibial inverts plantar flex
Psoriasis
- extensor surfaces
- dry, silver scales, pitting nails
- hyperplasia of keratinocyts
- decreased granulosum increased corneum
Pemphigus vulgaris
- Ab to desmosomes (desmoglein)
- Fishnet appearance on IF
- Pos niolsky sign (acantholysis of spinosum)
- oral mucosa involved
Bullous pemphigoid
- Ab to hemidesmosomes
- subepidermal blister (includes basal cells)
- linear IF
Dermatitis herpetiformis
AI IgA-C3 at dermal papillae
Associated with celiac
Underlying GI cancer
1 seborrheic keratosis
2. acanthosis nigricans
Actinic keratosis
Blue/grey elastic fibers in dermis
sand paper texture
Precursor to SCC
Vitiligo
AI destruction of melanocytes