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MC infective cause of lymphadenopathy
TB
What is the disease in association with thymoma?
Myasthenia gravis
Gene for achondroplasia
FGFR3
Diagnosis of osteoporosis
DEXA scan <-2.5
What is brown tumour?
a form of osteitis fibrosa cystica caused by hyperparathyroidism
3 pathological stages of pyogenic osteomyelitis
suppuration –> sequestrum –> involucrum
Name for TB spondylitis
Pott’s disease
What is Paget’s disease of bone?
chronic bone dystrophy –> deformity, pain, fracture, or arthritis
Radiological findings for osteoarthritis (5)
(R-LOSS)
Reduced joint space
Loose body
Osteophytes
Subchondral sclerosis
Subchondral cysts
Location of Bouchard nodes and Heberden nodes (what is the disease?)
Bouchard: PIPJ
Heberden: DIPJ
(osteoarthritis)
Pannus formation (synovial proliferation)
rheumatoid arthritis
baker cyst
[popliteal fossa]
rheumatoid arthritis
Which gene are seronegative spondyloarthropathies associated with?
HLA-B27 +ve
bamboo spine
ankylosing spondylitis
Reiter’s triad
[reactive arthritis / Reiter syndrome]
urethritis + reactive arthritis + conjunctivitis
Pencil-in-cup deformity in DPIJ
Psoriatic arthritis