Musculoskeletal Flashcards
Congenital hip dysplasia - age / RF
infants
- breech positioning
- family history
- excessively tight swaddling
Congenital hip dysplasia - presentation
uusally found on newborn exam screening
- ASYMMETRIC GLUTEAL FOLDS
Congenital hip dysplasia - diagnosis
Ortolani and Barlow maneuver (click or clunk the hip)
- confirm:
with U/S if younger than 4 months
with X-ray if older
Congenital hip dysplasia - treatment
pelvic harness (abduction for 6 months)
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (avascular necrosis of femoral head) - age
2-8 / (often males)
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (avascular necrosis of femoral head) - presentation
painful limp
decreased motion (limited internal rotation and abduction)
+/- knee pain
thigh muscle atrophy
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (avascular necrosis of femoral head) - diagnosis
flattened and fragmented femoral head
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (avascular necrosis of femoral head) - treatment
Rest and NSAID –> follow with surgery on both hips –> if one necroses –> eventually so will the other
slipped captital femoral epiphysis - epidimiology
adolescence, esp in obese
additional RF: endocrinopathies, renal failure, radiation history
slipped captital femoral epiphysis - presentation
- painful limb
- extenrally rotated leg
slipped captital femoral epiphysis - diagnosis
x-ray shows widening of joint space
- posterior displacement femoral head
slipped captital femoral epiphysis - treatment
internal fixation with pinning (urgent surgery to prevent avascular necrosis)
Vitamin D deficiency can cause
adults –> osteomalacia (defective mineralization of osteoid)
children –> rickets (defective mineralization of cartilaginous growth plates)
rickets - x-rays
epiphyseal widening and metaphyseal cupping/fraying
children with rickets - presentation
bow legs (genu varum). bead-like costochondral junctions (rachitic rosary), craniotabes (soft skull)
Osgood Schlatter disease (traction apophysitis) - definition
overuse injury caused by repetitive strain and chronic avulsion of 2ry ossification center of proximal tibial tibercle
Osgood Schlatter disease (traction apophysitis) - epidimiology
adolescents after growth spurt
common in running and jumping athletes
Osgood Schlatter disease (traction apophysitis) - presentation / radiology
anterior knee pain / reproduce pain when extend the knee against resistance / tenderness and edema on tubercle
- anterior soft tissue swelling, lifting of tubercle from the shaft, irregularity or fragmentation of the tubercle
Radial head subluxation (nursmaid’s elbow) - epidemiology / treatment / x-ray
children under 5
treatment: hyperpronation of the forearm, supiation of foram and flexion of the elbow
x-ray: normal
Radial head subluxation (nursmaid’s elbow) - mechanism
sudden pull on the arm –> immature annular ligament slips over head of radius –> injured arm held in flexed and pronated position
Kawasaki disease - criteria
fever for 5 or more days + 4/5: (CRASH mnemonic)
- Conjunctivitis: bilateral, nonexudative, spares limbus
- oral mucosal changes: erythema, fissured lis, strawberry tongue
- Rash
- Extremity changes: erythema, edema, desquamation of hands and feet
- Cervical lymphadenopathy: node larger than 1.5
Kawasaki disease - labs
- sterile pyuria
- thrombocytosis
- elevated CRP, ESR
Kawasaki - Echo
at the time of diagnosis and 6-8 weeks after
Kawasaki - treatment / epidimiology
aspirin and IVIG within 10 days after diagnosis to prevent complications
- 90% in under 5 years old
- East asia
Kawasaki - increased risk to develop aneuyrism if
delayed diagnosis
delayed treatment
younger than 1