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ACL
starts laterally
abnormal passive abduction
lateral force (valgus)-medial widening MCL injury
abnormal passive adduction
medial force (varus)-lateral widening LCL injury
popping external rotation
medial meniscus
popping internal rotation
lateral meniscus
Greenstick fracture
incomplete fracture partway through width of bone
bending stress-bone bent like twig
Torus fracture
axial force to immature bone
simple buckle fracture
unhappy triad
ACL, MCL, medial meniscus
from lateral force to planted leg
lateral meniscus injury more common
prepatellar
front of kneecap
Baker cyst
popliteal fluid collection in gastrocnemius-semimembranous bursa
communicates with synovial space (from chronic joint disease)
empty can test
supraspinatus
suprascapular nerve innervation
starts abduction
supraspinatus
laterally rotates arm
infraspiantus
adducts and laterally rotates
teres minor
innervated by axillary nerves
medially rotates and adducts
subscapularis
arm abduction
supraspinatus
deltoid
trapezius >90
serratus anterior >100
repetitive flexion
medial epicondylitis
repetitive extension
lateral epicondylitis
most commonly fractured carpal bone
scaphoid
cause of avascular necrosis and nonunion scaphoid
retrograde blood supply
dislocation of lunate
acute carpal tunnel syndrome
entrapment of median nerve
carpal tunnel
sensation spared in carpal tunnel
palmar cutaneous branch external to carpal tunnel
associations carpal tunnel
pregnancy, RA, hypothyroidism, diabets, acromegaly, dialysis related amyloidosis
Tinel sign
percussion of wrist causes tingling
flexion of wrist causes tingling
Phalen maneuver
Guyon canal syndrome
compression of ulnar nerve
seen in cyclists
fractured surgical neck and anterior dislocation of humerus
axillary-flattened deltoid
loss of shoulder abduction
upper trunk compression
musculocutaneous
loss of forearm flexion and supination
midshaft fracture or compression of axilla
radial
wrist drop, decreased grip strength
loss of sensation over posterior (including thumb)
supracondylar fracture of humerus, carpal tunnel and wrist laceration
median
loss of wrist flexion of lateral fingers
fracture medial epicondyle of humerus, fracture hook of hamate
ulnar
radial deviation of wrist upon flexion
loss of wrist flexion medial fingers
superficial laceration of palm
recurrent branch of median nerve
loss of thenar group muscle but no loss of sensation
Erb palsy
upper
deltoid, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, biceps brachii
abduction, lateral roation, flexion and supination
Klumpke palsy
lower
intrinsic muscles of hand
leads to total claw hand
Thoracic outlet syndrome
compression of lower tunk and subclavian vessels due to cervical rib and Pancoast tumor
also causes Klumpke palsy
Winged scapula
long thoracic nerve lesion
defect to serratus anterior
cannot abduct above horizontal
inability to anchor scapular to thoracic cage
distal ulnar and median lesion
clawing
proximal lesions
deficits during voluntary flexion of digits
atrophy thenar
median nerve
atrophy hypothenar
ulnar nerve
thenar muscles
opponens pollicis
abductor pollicis brevis
flexor pollicis brevis
hypothenar muscles
opponens digiti minimi
abductor digiti minimi
flexor digiti minimi brevis
injury abdominal surgery
iliohypogastric
motor to transversus abdominis and internal oblique, sensory to suprapubic region
T12/L1
injury laproscopic surgery
cremaster motor and sensory to scrotum and medial thigh
absent cremasteric reflex L1/L2
anterior and lateral thigh sensation
lateral femoral cutaneous
L2/L3
pelvic surgery
obturator
sensory medial thigh
motor to obturator externus, adductor longus and brevis, gracilis, pectineus, adductor magnus
L2/L4
pelvic fracture
femoral
motor to quad, iliopsoas, pectineus, sartorius
sensory-anterior and medial thigh
L2/L4
herniated disc
sciatic
motor to semitendinous, semimembranous, biceps femoris, adductor magnus
sensory-posterior thigh
L4/S3
fibular neck fracture
common peroneal motor to biceps femoris, tibialis anterior, extensor of foot sensory dorsum everts and dorsiflexes foot drop L4/S2
knee trauma, baker cyst and tarsal tunnel syndrome
tibial motor to triceps surae, plantaris popliteus, flexor muscles of foot sensory sole of foot inverts and plantar flexes L4/S3
injection to upper medial region
superior gluteal
motor to gluteus medius and minimus, tensor fascia latae
L4/S1
Trendelenburg
lesion is contralateral to side of hip that drops
posterior hip dislocation
motor to gluteus maximus
inferior gluteal L5/S2
stretch injury during childbirth
external urethral and anal sphincters
pudental S2/S4
nerve block
ischial spine as landmark
internal rotators of hip
gluteus medius, minimus, tensor fascia latae
external rotators of hip
iliopsoas, gluteus maximus, piriformis, obturator
cause of herniation
posterolateral due to thin posterior longitudinal ligament
L3-L4 herniation
decrease patellar reflex
L4-L5 herniation
difficulty in heel walking
L5-S1 herniation
decrease achilles reflex
with long thoracic
lateral thoracic
with axillary
posterior circumflex
with radial
deep brachial
with median
brachial
with tibial at popliteal
popliteal
with tibial at medial malleolus
posterior tibial
T tubules
extension of plasma membrane with terminal cisternae of sarcoplasmic reticulum
dyad
cardiac
1 T tubule and 1 terminal cisterna
triad
skeletal
1 T tubule and 2 terminal cisternae
binds to troponin C
Ca
causes conformational change that moves tropomyosin
shortening in contraction
H and I bands
between Z lines
A remains same length
type 1 muscle
slow twitch; red fibers
increase mitochondria and myoglobin
type 2 muscle
fast twitch; white fibers
anaerobic glycolysis
smooth muscle
calmodulin to MLCK contraction
NO cGMP to MLCP relaxation
endochondral ossification
axial skeleton cartilage first (woven then lamellar) defective in achondroplasia
membranous ossification
calvarium, facial bones, clavicle
without cartilage first
origin osteoblast
mesenchymal stem cells in periosteum
markers osteoblastic activity
ALP, osteocalcin, type I procollagen
chronically increase PTH
osteitis fibrosa cystica
cause closure of epiphyseal plate
estrogen
failure of endochondral ossification
achondroplasia
AD
genetics achondroplasia
FGFR3 (gain of function)
osteoporosis
trabecular and cortical bone loss and interconnections
drugs osteoporosis
steroids, alcohol, anticonvulsants, anticoagulants, thyroid replacement therapy
medical conditions osteoporosis
hyperparathyroidism
hyperthyroidism
MM
malabsorption syndromes
T score osteoporosis
screening recommendation osteoporosis
> 65 years old
osteopetrosis
due to defective osteoclasts
mutation osteopetrosis
CA II
impair ability of osteoclast to generate acidic environment
treatment osteopetrosis
bone marrow transplant
osteoclasts derived from monocytes
x ray osteopenia
looser zones
rickeys x ray
epiphyseal widening
metaphyseal cupping/fraying
labs osteomalacia
decrease Ca increase PTH decrease PO4
increase ALP
Paget
osteoclastic
followed by osteoblastic
labs paget
only increase ALP
fractures paget
chalk-stick fractures
results paget
AV shunts may cause high-output heart failure
risk of osteosarcoma
femoral head avascular necrosis
due to insufficiency of medial circumflex femoral artery
causes avascular necrosis
corticosteroids, alcoholism, sickle, trauma, bends, legg-calve-perthes, gaucher, slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Brown tumors
subperiosteal thinning
increase Ca, increase PTH and ALP
secondary hyper-PTH
compensation for CKD
increase PO4
labs hypervitaminosis D
decrease PTH
increase Ca and PO4
seen in granulomatous disease
bony exostosis with cartilaginous cap
osteochondroma
multinucleated giant cells that express RANKL
giant cell-in epiphysis
soap bubble
most common location giant cell
distal femur and proximal tibia
predisposing factors osteosarcoma
Paget, bone infarcts, radiation, familial retinoblastoma, Li-Fraumeni
Codman traingle or sunburst pattern on x-ray
osteosarcoma
treatment osteosarcoma
surgical en block resection
chemotherapy
location Ewing
diaphysis of long bones, belvis, scapular, ribs
anaplastic small blue cell
Ewing sarcoma
onion skin periosteal reaction
Ewing sarcoma
t(11;22)
fusion protein EWS-FLI1
tumor metaphysis
osteosarcoma
Heberden
Dip
Bouchard
PIP
treatment osteoarthritis
acetaminophen, NSAIDs, glucocorticoids
formation of pannus (proliferation of granulation tissue)
RA
predisposing RA
HLA-DR4, smoking, silica exposure
rheumatoid factor
IgM that targets IgG Fc region
mores specific Ab RA
anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody
cervical subluxation
RA
not DIP
RA
DMARDs
methotrexate, sulfasalzine, hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide
fibrinoid necrosis with palisading histiocytes
rheumatoid nodules
Caplan
RA and pneumoconiosis
Felty syndrome
interstitial lung disease, pleuritis, pericarditis, anemia of chronic diease, neutropenia, splenomegaly, RA
other associations RA
AA amyloidosis, Sjogren syndrome, scleritis, carpal tunnel syndrome
underexcretion uric acid
renal failure
thiazides
overproduction
Lesch-Nyhan, PRPP excess, increase turnover, von Gierke
sites tophus
external ear, olecranon bursa or achilles tendon
acute treatment gout
NSAIDs, glucocorticoids, colchicine
associations pseudogout
hemochromatosis, hyper PTH, joint trauma
site pseudogout
knee
xray pseudogout
chondrocalcinosis
crystals pseudogout
rhomboid and weakly + birefringent
histology Sjogren syndrome
destruction of exocrine glands by lymphocytic infiltrates
labs sjogren
rheumatoid factor, antiribonucleotide Ab (Ro and La)
complications Sjogren
dental caries, MALT lymphoma
septic arthritis causes
staph, strep, neisseria
purulent arthritis or polyarthralgia, tenosynovitis, dermatitis
gonococcal arthritis
pencil in cup of DIP
psoriatic arthritis
joints ankylosing spondylitis
spine and sacroiliac joints
lungs ankylosing
restrictive lung disease due to limited chest wall expansion
causes reactive arthritis
shigella, yersinia, chlamydia, campylobacter, shigella
causes death in SLE
cardiovascular
infections
renal disease
drug induced lupus
anti-histone Ab
specific Ab SLE
anti-smith, anti-dsDNA
treatment SLE
NSAIDs, steroids, immunosuppressants, hydroxychloroquine
antiphospholipid Ab
lab findings of lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin anti-B2 glycoprotein Ab
false labs in antiphospholipid syndrome
PTT and VDRL
mixed connective tissue disease
features of SLE, systemic sclerosis, and polymyositis
Ab mixed connective tissue disease
anti-U1 RNP antibodies
labs sarcoidosis
increase ACE and CD4/8 ratio
associations sarcoidosis
restrictive lung disease, eryhtema nodosum, Bell palsy, epithelioid granulmas, Schaumann and asteroid bodies, uveitis, hypercalcemia (due to increase 1alpha hydroxylase activation in macrophages)
polymyalgia rheumatica
pain and stiffness in shoulders and hips
association polymyalgia rheumatica
tempral arteritis
labs polymyalgia
increase ESR CRP
treatment fibromyalgia
exercise, antidepressants (TCA, SNRI), anticonvulsants
labs polymyositis/dermatomyositis
increase CK +ANA +anti-Jo1 + anti-SRP +anti-Mi2
endomysial inflammation with CD8 T cells, symmetric proximal weakness
polymyositis
increase risk occult malignancy
dermatomyositis
perimysial inflammation with atrophy of CD4
dermatomyositis
shawl and face rash, Gottron papules, heliotrope
dermatomyositis
worse with use
myasthenia
causes myasthenia
thymoma
thymic hyperplasia
cause lambert eaton
small cell lung cancer
white blue red Raynaud
ishemia, hypoxia, reperfusion
treatment Raynaud
Ca channel blockers
diffuse scleroderma
early visclera
anti-Scl70
cause of death scleroderma
pulmonary sclerosis
CREST
calcinosis, anti-centromere Ab
Raynaud, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia
skin layers
corneum (keratin) lucidum granulosum spinosum (desmosomes) basale (stem cells)
claudins and occludins
tight junction
calcium dependent adhesion
cadherins in adherens junctions
intermediate filament interactions
desmosomes
hyperkeratosis
increase corneum
in psoriasis and calluses
parakeratosis
retention of nuclei in corneum
psoriasis
increase thickness granulosum
hypergranulosis
in lichen planus
epidermal accumulation of edematous fluid
eczematous dermatitis
spongiosis
acanthosis
epidermal hyperplasia
seen in acanthosis nigricans
albinism causes
decrease tyrosinase activity or defective tyrosine transport
risk of cancer
melasma
hyperpigmenation
associated with pregnancy and OCP
vitiligo
autoimmune destruction of melanocytes
associations atopic dermatitis
asthma, allergic rhinitis, food allergies
histology psoriasis
acanthosis, parakerototic scaling
increase spinosum and decrease granulosum
association psoriasis
nail pitting and psoriatic arthritis
SK
squamous proliferation with keratin filled cyst, appears stuck on
epidermal hyperplasia, hyperkeratosis, koilocytosis
verrucae
condyloma acuminatum on genitals (HPV associated)
superficial dermal edema and lymphatic channel dilation
urticaria
associations angiosarcoma
radiation and chronic postmastectomy lymphedema
hepatic angiosarcoma
vinyl chloride and arsenic
cherry hemangioma
in elderly
cystic hydroma
cavernous lymphangioma of neck
associated with Turner syndrome
glomus tumor
modified smooth muscle of thermoregulation
painful red-blue tumor
pyogenic granuloma
polypoid lobulated capillary hemangioma
associated with trauma and pregnancy
bulloua impetigo
usually staph
could be strep
abscess
staph
exotoxin destroys keratinocyte attachments in statum granulosum only
staph scalded skin
TEN
destroys dermal-epidermal junction
staph scalded skin
seen in children and adults with renal insufficiency
hairy leukoplakia
lateral
EBV
cannot be scraped off
hairy leukoplakia patients
HIV and transplants
involvement of mouth
pemphigus vulgaris
type II HSR
contents blisters bullous pemphigoid
contain eosinophils
Nikolsky negative
often site dermatitis herpetiformis
elbows
histology dermatitis herpetiformis
IgA at tips of dermal papillae
> 30% skin involvement
toxic epidermal necrolysis
actinic keratosis
premalignant
risk of SCC
erythema nodosum associations
sarcoidosis, coccidio, histoplasmosis, TB, strep, leprosy, IBD
pruritic, polygonal, purple, planar papules and plaques
lichen planus
mucosal involvement lichen planus
Wickeham stria (reticular white lines)
histology lichen planus
sawtooth infiltrate of lymphocytes at dermal-epidermal junction
association lichen planus
hep C
dominant in sunburn
UVB
prominent in tanning and photoaging
UVA
most comon skin cancer
basal cell
waxy pink pearly nodules with telangiectasias and rolled borders
BCC
palisading nuclei
BCC
associations SCC
sunlight, immunosuppression, chronically draining sinuses, arsenic
keratin pearls
SCC
AK
precursor to SCC
keroacanthoma
variant that grows rapidly and spontaneously regresses
S-100
melanoma
mutation melanoma
activation BRAF kinase
inhibits platelet aggregation and promotes vasodilation
PGI2
overdose acetaminophen
hepatic necrosis due to NAPQI depletion of glutathione
inactivation acetaminophen
peripherally inactivated
not anti-inflammatory
dose aspirin
low-anti platelet
intermediate-analgesic
high-anti inflammatory
aspirin toxicity
respiratory alkalosis early
then mixed metabolic acidosis and respiratory alkalosis
celecoxib
reversible and selective inhibitor of COX2
adverse effects celecoxib
risk of thrombosis
sulfa allergy
adverse effects NSAID
interstitial nephritis, gastric ulcer, renal ischemia, aplastic anemia
cause of renal ischemia NSAID
loss of prostaglandins to vasodilate afferent arteriole
MOA leflunomide
inhibits dihydroorotate dehydrogenase
prevents pyrimidine synthesis and suppresses T cell proliferation
adverse leflunomide
diarrhea, HTN, hepatotoxicity, teratogenicity
teriparatide
recombinant PTH
increases osteoblastic activity
adverse effects teriparatide
osteosarcoma (avoid in paget)
transient hypercalemia
avoid in patients with prior cancers or radiation
pegloticase
recombinant uricase that catalyzes metabolism of uric acid to allantoin (more water soluble)
probenecid
inhibits reabsorption of uric acid
can precipitate uric acid calculi
NSAID in gout
avoid salicylates
may decrease uric acid excretion
side effects colchicine
GI side effects