Ortho Flashcards
What is the most common accident and cause of hospitalization in pts > 65 yo?
Falls
What is the most common primary bone cancer of childhood?
Osteosarcoma
How do x-rays look in a pt who has osteosarcoma?
Moth eaten
Sunburst
Codman triangle
Fluffy
What is the gold standard diagnostic test for osteosarcoma?
MRI
What is the 2nd most common primary malignant bone tumor that mostly affects adolescents?
Ewing sarcoma
What appearance does Ewing sarcoma have on x-ray?
Onion skin
What is the gold standard diagnostic test for Ewing sarcoma?
CT guided core-needle biopsy
What is the 3rd most common primary malignancy of bone that primarily affects pts > 50 yo
Chondrosarcoma
What is the gold standard diagnostic test for chondrosarcoma?
Core-needle biopsy
What symptoms might direct you to consider that a pt may have metastatic bone tumors?
Progressive pain that is unresponsive to typical MSK treatment
Night pain
Weight loss
Pain w/weight bearing
Where do most bone mets originate from?
Breast
Prostate
Lung cancer
What is the classic symptoms of osteoid osteoma?
Severe intermittent pain at night that is relieved with NSAIDs
Does osteoid osteoma become malignant?
No
What is the gold standard diagnostic test for osteoid osteoma?
CT
What is the curative treatment for osteoid osteoma?
Surgical excision
What is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the human body?
Lipoma
What are the most common signs/symptoms of a lipoma?
Rubbery mass that grows slowly
What size lipoma would you get imaging for?
> 10cm
What % of lipomas return even if surgically removed?
50%
What presents with anterior shoulder pain that gets worse with activity and has a popping sensation when reaching behind or overhead?
Bicipital tendinitis
What presents with a decreased ROM in the shoulder, weakness, pain that is ongoing for months, has a “grating” or “catching” sensation, and has pain when reaching or lying on the affected side?
Rotator cuff disorder
What muscles are part of the rotator cuff?
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
What is the imaging of choice for a rotator cuff disorder?
MRI
What can occur in a pt that has prolonged immobilization of the shoulder?
Frozen shoulder
What presents as lateral elbow pain that is worse with lifting, gripping, and wrist twisting motion?
Epicondylitis
What presents with pain over the olecranon process?
Olecranon bursitis
What are the signs/symptoms of a nursemaid’s elbow?
Child < 5 yo
Acute elbow pain that rapidly subsides
Reluctance to use injured arm
Positive “popsicle test”
How do you treat a pt with a nursemaid’s elbow injury?
Manual manipulation
What is the difference between tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow?
Tennis: lateral epicondylitis
Golfer: medial epicondylitis
How does carpal tunnel occur?
The median nerve is compressed through the carpal tunnel
What 2 diagnostic tests will be positive in a pt with carpal tunnel?
Phalen
Tinel
What presents with pain at the base of the thumb that gets worse with abduction?
De Quervian’s tenosynovitis
What test will be positive in a pt with De Quervian’s?
Finkelstein