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MSK Patho (Schoenwald) Flashcards

1
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What are two types of metabolic bone disease?

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Osteoporosis

Rickets

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What is the cause of disease in osteoporosis?

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Reduced mass of mineralized bone due to imbalance of bone metabolism resulting in Increased bone resorption

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What is the cause of disease in Rickets?

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Calcium metabolism (related to a vitamin D issue)

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4
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Is osteomyelitis infectious?

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Yes

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Is osteoarthritis infectious?

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No

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What is Paget disease?

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Excessive osteoblastic bone formation with abnormal structure and instability

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7
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Osteoclasts are responsible for bone…

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Bone resorption

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Osteoblasts are responsible for bone…

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Bone formation

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What does microscopic pathology of osteoporosis show?

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Symmetric thinning of trabecular and cortical bone (this results in increased risk of fracture of bone)

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10
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In primary osteoporosis, risk increases with…

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Age

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What is Type I osteoporosis?

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Postmenopausal- due to estrogen loss (more typical form)

Causes an increase in osteoclastic activity

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What is Type II osteoporosis?

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Senile- decreased osteoblastic activity

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What are the most common bones fractured in osteoporosis?

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Hip
Compression fracture of vertebrae
Distal radius (FOOSH)

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What are the risk factors for developing osteoporosis?

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Aging and positive family history 
Smoking 
Alcoholism 
Decreased estrogen 
Low body mass index, low calcium diet, lack of weight bearing exercise
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What is an endocrine-related secondary cause of osteoporosis?

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Increased PTH, DM, Addison’s disease

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16
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What is a GI secondary cause of osteoporosis?

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Malnutrition

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What is a hematologic-related secondary cause of osteoporosis?

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Blood cancers

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What is a drug-related secondary cause of osteoporosis?

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Long-term presnisone usage, heparin, some chemo agents

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Which gender has a higher incidence of developing osteoporosis?

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Females

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20
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What do patients with osteoporosis often present with?

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Vertebral compression fractures, kyphotic

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What is the textbook patient stereotype of someone with osteoporosis?

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Thin, white female with a long term history of smoking, postmenopausal

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22
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What kind of test measures bone density?

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DEXA scan

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What 2 parameters does a DEXA scan report?

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T score, Z score

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What is a T score?

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Reported by a DEXA scan

Bone density measurement compared to a healthy 30 year old’s bone mass (peak)

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What is the normal values for a T score?

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+1 to -1

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What is a Z score?

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The number of standard deviations above or below what is normally expected for same age, sex, weight, and ethnic or racial origin

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27
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What is an abnormal Z score?

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-2 or lower

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What does a T score of +1 to -1 indicate?

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Healthy bone density

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What does a T- score of -1 to -2.5 indicate?

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Osteopenia

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What does a T-score of -2.5 to -3.0 indicate?

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Osteoporosis

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What does a T score of -3.0 and lower indicate?

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Severe osteoporosis

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32
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What is the difference between Rickets and Osteomalacia?

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Same disease preocess but Rickets technically describes children and osteomalacia technically describes adults

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What is the disease process in Rickets/osteomalacia?

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Mineralization of osteoid is decreased while bone mass stays normal- results in bowing of legs
Vitamin D deficiency/ phosphate deficiency

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34
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What is Rickets?

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Affects the growing bones of children

It is the inadequate mineralization of osteoid matrix leading to the overgrowth and distortion of epiphyseal cartilage

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What does osteomalacia affect?

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Newly formed bone matrix in adults

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36
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What is osteomyelitis?

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Infection of the bone

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37
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How is osteomyelitis spread?

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Hematogenous spread, contiguous spread

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How is osteomyelitis more commonly spread in children?

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Hematogenous

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What is the most common causative agent in the hematogenous spread of osteomyelitis?

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Staph aureus

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How is osteomyelitis more commonly spread in adults?

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More common to have contiguous spread in adults

Ex- diabetic foot wound, staph is common but can be polymicrobial

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True or False osteomyelitis can be either chronic or acute

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True- osteomyelitis can be chronic or acute

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What are the clinical findings in osteomyelitis?

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Pain, warmth of area affected

Fever can be present but is often absent

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What labs are you going to see in osteomyelitis?

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Elevated ESR, CRP

Elevated platelet count

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What radiographic findings are you going to see in osteomyelitis?

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Destruction of bone

Periosteal edema

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How is the diagnosis of osteomyelitis made?

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Blood cultures
Biopsy of bone
(Superficial cultures are not reliable)

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What is the treatment for osteomyelitis?

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Long term IV antibiotics targeted to organism +/- surgical debridement

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47
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How does osteomyeltitis result in ischemia of bone?

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Infection lifts periosteum of bone, which impairs blood flow, resulting in ischemia

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What is a sequestrum?

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A dead bone fragment (in osteomyelitis)

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49
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What is an involucrum?

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New bone growth around the sequestrum (in osteomyelitis)

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What is a Brodie’s abscess?

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Residual abscess surrounded by bone growth

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51
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Generally speaking, what is arthritis?

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Inflammation of the joint

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52
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What can be done to help differentiate between infectious and inflammatory arthritis?

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Synovial fluid anaylsis

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What is the synovial fluid analysis going to indicate in a normal joint?

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Clear appearance 
<200 WBCs 
<25 PMNs 
95-100% serum glucose 
No crystals
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What is a synovial fluid analysis going to indicate in a joint with non-nflammatory arthritis?

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Appearance- clear 
<400 WBCs 
<25 % PMNs 
95-100% serum glucose level 
No crystals
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What is the synovial fluid analysis going to indicate in a joint with an acute gout attack?

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Appearance- turbid 
2000-5000 WBCs 
>75% PMNs 
80-100% serum glucose level 
Negative birefringence needle-like crystals
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What is the synovial fluid analysis going to indicate in a joint with pseudogout?

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Turbid appearance 
5000-50,000 WBCs 
>75% PMNs
80-1000% serum glucose level 
Positive birefringence rhomboid crystals
57
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What is the synovial fluid analysis in a joint with septic arthritis?

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Purulent/ turbid appearance 
>50,000 WBCs 
>75% PMNs 
<50% serum glucose level 
No crystals
58
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What is the synovial fluid analysis in an inflammatory process such as RA?

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Turbid appearance 
5,000-50,000 WBCs
50-75% PMNs 
Approx 75% serum glucose level 
No crystals
59
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What is the most common degenerative joint disease in people over the age of 65?

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Osteoarthritis

60
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What joint disease is attributed to “wear and tear” ?

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Osteoarthritis

61
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What is the mechanism of disease in osteoarthritis?

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Progressive loss of cartilage in the joint space

62
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What type of joints are impacted by osteoarthritis?

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Weight bearing joints

63
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What do microscopic findings show in osteoarthritis?

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Loss of cartilaginous staining (loss of proteoglycans), loss of chondrocytes

64
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What causes the inflammation in osteoarthritis?

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Fibrillation and splitting of cartilage surface- allows for synovial fluid infiltration, which leads to inflammation

65
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What leads to erosion of open bony surface in osteoarthritis?

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Granulation tissue and fibrosis replace cartilage, which leads to erosion of open bony surface

66
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What causes a limitation of range in motion in joints with osteoarthritis?

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Osteophyte formation- reactive new bone limits ROM of joint

67
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What are examples of osteophytes?

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Heberden node- distal interphalangeal joint

Bouchard node- proximal interphalangeal joint

68
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What are the clinical findings in osteoarthritis?

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Morning stiffness worsening throughout the day
Joint pain, usually unilateral
Crepitus on exam
Pain and tenderness on exam

69
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What radiologic findings will you see in osteoarthritis?

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Joint space narrowing
Subchondral sclerosis and cysts- synovial fluid leaks into defects in cartilage
Osteophytes

70
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What is infectious arthritis?

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Acute or chronic infection of joint

71
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What is infectious arthritis caused by?

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Direct seeding of bacteria

72
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What types of bacteria causes infectious arthritis?

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Staph
Neisseria gonorrhea
Chlamydia- reactive arthritis (Reiter’s syndrome)
Strep pneumoniae

73
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What is Reiter’s syndrome?

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Reactive arthritis
Caused by chlamydia
Affects joints, eyes, urethra

74
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What happens to the joint space in infectious arthritis?

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Edematous and neutrophilic infiltration of the synovial space and fluid

75
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What happens to the joint space in infectious arthritis?

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Edematous and neutrophilic infiltration of the synovial space and fluid

76
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How is the diagnosis of infectious arthritis made?

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Clinical exam

Synovial fluid analysis and culture

77
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What is the treatment for infectious arthritis?

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Antibiotic treatment directed at causative organism

78
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What is RA?

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Chronic progressive, inflammatory disease

Collagen vasculature disorder

79
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Is the etiology of RA known or unknown??

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Unknown

80
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What is the genetic prevalence in RA?

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HLA-DR4

HLA-DR1

81
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What is the female to male prevalence in RA?

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3:1 female to male

82
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What are the clinical features of RA?

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Morning stiffness for longer than 1 hour
3 or more affected joints
Symmetric involvement of joints
Constitutional symptoms- fever, weight loss, fatigue
Warm, tender joints with swan neck deformity, Dupuytren’s contracture, and boutonnière deformity

83
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What is the Felty syndrome triad?

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Leukopenia
Splenomegaly
RA

84
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What do the microscopic features in RA show?

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Progressive, villous hypertrophy of synovalis secondary to fibrinous swelling

85
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In chronic RA, what replaces acute inflammatory reactions?

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Fibrosis eroding of the cartilaginous surface of the joints

86
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What do the x-rays of RA show?

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Osteopenia

Narrowing of joint space

87
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What joints are affected in osteoarthritis? RA?

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Osteoarthritis- weight-bearing- hips, knees, PIP, DIP

RA- MCP, PIP, feet, wrists, ankles, elbows, knees

88
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How long does morning stiffness last in osteoarthritis? RA?

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Osteoarthritis- less than 30 minutes

RA- longer than 1 hour

89
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What are the symptoms in osteoarthritis, RA?

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Osteoarthritis- pain with movement, better with rest

RA- stiffness and pain worse with inactivity

90
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What will the physical exam show is osteoarthritis, RA?

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Osteoarthritis- heberden and Bouchard nodes

RA- rheumatoid nodules, radial deviation of wrist, ulnar deviation of phalanges

91
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Ankylosing Spondylitis is sero____ spondyloarthropathy

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Seronegative

92
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What percentage of people with ankylosing spondylitis have the HLA B27 gene?

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90%

93
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Ankylosing spondylitis preferentially involves….

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Vertebral column, SI joints

94
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What is the onset of ankylosing spondylitis?

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2nd and 3rd decade of life (teens-20s)

95
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What is the clinical presentation of ankylosing spondylitis?

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Gradual onset of back pain

Loss of mobility

96
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Gout is arthritis due to what depositing in the joint space?

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Uric acid crystals

97
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What are 90% or primary cases of gout due to?

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Increased production or decreased excretion

98
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What are some secondary causes of gout?

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Cell turnover from leukemia

Chronic renal disease

99
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What are some risk factors for gout?

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Alcohol, obesity, thiazide diuretics

100
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What are tophi?

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Aggregates of urates rimmed with macrophages, lymphocytes, and giant cells- found in joints and ligaments, can cause a chronic tophaceous arthritis

101
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What is the pathology behind gout?

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Urate crystals (needle shaped) precipitated in the synovium, crystals are chemotactic for neutrophils/ activate complement, acute arthritis occurs as a result of neutrophilic infiltrate with uric acid crystals in the joint

102
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Where do 50% of first attacks of gout occur?

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At the first metatarsophalangeal joint (big toe, very painful)

103
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Pseudogout occurs in patients with…

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Degenerative joint disease

104
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Pseudogout mimics….

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Osteoarthritis symptoms

105
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What kind of crystals are found in Pseudogout?

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Calcium pyrophosphate crystals- rhomboid

106
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Paget disease is also known as…

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Osteitis deformans

107
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What is Paget disease?

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Excessive osteoblastic bone formation with abnormal structure and impaired stability

108
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Paget disease has an increase in incidence after the age of…

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40

109
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What is the stereotypical patient with Paget Disease?

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Caucasian, men more than women, older than 40

110
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The early phases of Paget disease are asymptomatic/ symptomatic

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Asymptomatic

111
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What are the clinical features of Paget disease?

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Enlargement of head bones, headache, deafness, visual disturbances and deformation/tenderness of long bones

112
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What are the radiologic findings in Paget disease?

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Pathologic fracture= chalk stick fracture (cross fracture of long bones)
Thick course cortex of bone

113
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What are the lab findings in Paget disease?

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Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase

114
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What are 3 malignant primary tumors of bone?

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Osteosarcoma
Ewing sarcoma
Chondrosarcoma

115
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What is the most common tumor arising within the bone?

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Multiple myeloma

116
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Which are more common…benign or malignant tumors in the bone?

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Benign tumors are 100X more common than malignant

117
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What is the most common malignant bone tumor?

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Osteosarcoma

118
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Which bone cancer occurs mostly in children and adolescents?

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Osteosarcoma

119
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What are the common sites of an osteosarcoma?

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Metaphysical areas adjacent to knee and shoulder

120
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What do X-rays show in osteosarcoma?

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Localized lytic or osteoblastic lesions with fuzzy borders and prominent subperiosteal reactive bone formation (Codman triangle)

121
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What do the microscopic findings in an osteosarcoma reveal?

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Osteoblastic lesion with lacy osteoid deposition

122
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Where do osteosarcomas commonly metastasize to?

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The lung

123
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What is the second most common tumor of children?

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Ewing sarcoma

124
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What does an Ewing sarcoma often present as?

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Fever and pain mimicking an inflammatory process- often misdiagnosed as osteomyelitis

125
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How is the diagnosis of an Ewing sarcoma confirmed?

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Biopsy

126
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What bones are most commonly affected by Ewing sarcomas?

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Long bones- humerus, tibia and femur

127
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Where do Ewing sarcomas commonly metastasize to?

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Lungs, brain, and skull

128
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A chondrosarcoma arises from…

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Cartilage

129
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What age is affected by chondrosarcoma?

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40-60s, peak of incidence in 60s

130
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What bones do chondrosarcomas usually affect?

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Central portions of skeleton- shoulder, pelvis, proximal femur and ribs

131
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What does radiology show in a chondrosarcoma?

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Bulky osteodestructive lesion with characteristic pattern of calcification (popcorn)

132
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Where do chondrosarcomas commonly metastasize to?

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Lungs

133
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How are malignant soft tissue tumors spread?

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Hematogenous spread, classified by tissue derivation

134
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What type of malignant soft tissue tumor is the most common?

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Malignant fibrous histiocytoma- deep fascia, skeletal muscle, and retroperitoneal space

135
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Where do liposarcomas occur?

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Deep subcutaneous tissue of thighs, abdomen, and retroperitoneum

136
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What age group experiences the most liposarcomas?

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Greater than age 50

137
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Who is most susceptible to Rhabdomyosarcoma and what type of tissue does it involve?

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Children and adolescents, skeletal muscle

138
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What type of tissue is affected by Leiomyosarcomas?

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Smooth muscle, uterus, and GI

139
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What type of tissue is affected by Neurofibrosarcomas?

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Peripheral nerves

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