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Non-neoplastic bone disease Flashcards

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Gout

Mx

A

Acute attack: colchicine

Long term: allopurinol

Conservative: reduce alcohol and purine intake e.g. sardines and liver

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Pseudogout

Mx

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NSAIDs or intra-articular steroids

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3
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Gout/pseudogout

Ix

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Negatively/positively befringent

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Osteomyelitis

Adult likely organism and location

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S. aureus

Vertebrae
Jaw (2o to dental abscess)
Toes (2o to diabetic skin ulcer)

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Osteomyelitis

Children likely organism and location

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H. influenza, GBS

Long bones

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Osteomyelitis presentation

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Pain, swelling and tenderness

General features of malaise, fevers, hills, leucocytosis

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Osteomyelitis x-ray changes

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Lytic destruction of bone

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Rare causes of osteomyelitis

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TB (immunocompromised pts)

Syphilis

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