Paeds Musculoskeletal Flashcards
Young teenage male with knee pain. Athlete
Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Osteochondritis of patellar tendon insertion
Adolescent female
Pain on sitting down or climbing in knees
Chondrocalcinosis patellae
inflammation of underside of patella
Blue Sclerae
Osteogeneis Imperfecta Type 1
5-10 year old with insidious onset limb pain
+ Progressively worsening
+ Abducted externally rotated limb
(painless limp?)
Flattened femoral head on Xray
Idiopathic Avascular Necrosis of femoral head
Perthes Disease
Perthes Primary, so think younger
10-15 year old overweight boy with painful limp
+ shortened externally rotated limb
+ Ice Cream Sign
Frog lateral position on X ray
Fracture through growth plate resulting in slipped head of femur
Slipped upper(capital) femoral epiphysis - SUFE
SUFE Secondary, so think older
Gowers sign + dilated cardiomyopathy
Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy
Tongue Fasciculations + absent deep tendon reflexes
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1
Pain on waking at night in 3-12 year old
Growth pain/ nocturnal idiopathic pain
Differential dx of pads limp
STARTSS HOTT
Septic joint Tumour Avascular Necrosis (Perthes)- painLESS Rheumatoid arthritis/ JIA Tuberculosis Sickle cell disease SCFE/ SUFE - painFUL Hence Schonlein Purpura Osteomyelitis Trauma Toxic/transient synovitis
What is Sever’s Condition
Apophysitis of Achilles tendon insertion at heel bone
Four differentials for arthralgia/arthritis and rash
Kawasaki Disease
Heuloch Schonlein Purpurs
Acute Rheumatic Fever
Still’s disease - severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Kawasaki Disease Presentation
Toddler COLOR features + 5 days of fever Polymorphous rash arthralgia not a big feature Watch out for: coronary disease - Echo at presentation and 6 weeks after
Henloch Schonlein Purpurs Presentation
Young child
Purpuric rash on butt/legs
Abdominal pain –> risk of intussusception
Arthralgia
Haematuria
Hypertension
Watch out: renal failure, multi organ failure
Acute Rheumatic Fever Presentation ***
Young child Indigenous or immigrant background STREP features in Jones major criteria - Syndham's chorea/ transient migratory arthralgia/ rheumatic subcutaneous nodules / erythema marginatum / pancarditis Arthralgia migrates Erythema marginatum rash Watch out for RHD
Still’s Disease or JIA
Toddler Fever spikes Salmon pink rash arthralgia not a big issue Potential multi organ Watch out for: growth failure