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Skeletal System Pathology Flashcards

1
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MC bone type for osteomyelitis in children

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Long bones

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MC bones type for osteomyelitis in adults

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Vertebrae, pelvis

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MC organism isolated from osteomyelitis

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Staph aureus

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MC route of infx for osteomyelitis in children

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Hematogenous

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MC organism isolated from osteomyelitis in infants

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Group B Strep

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MC etiology of osteomyelitis in adults

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Injury exposing bone to local infx

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MC location for solitary bone cyst

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Distal ends of long bones

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8
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MC population for solitary bone cyst

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Boys

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9
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MC location for aneurysmal bone cyst

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Metaphysis of longs bones

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10
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MC population for aneurysmal bone cyst

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Young women

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11
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MC location for osteosarcoma

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Distal femur/knee

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12
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MC joint disease

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Osteoarthritis

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13
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MC cause of secondary OA

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DM

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14
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Nail signs in psoriasis

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Pitting

Onycholysis

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15
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MC & 2MC bug in septic arthritis in adults

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Staph, Strep

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16
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MC type of muscular dystrophy

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Duchenne’s

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17
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MC muscle groups affected in Duchenne’s MD

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Large, proximal groups

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18
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MC presentation of rhabdomyoma

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Round mass in the neck

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19
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MC soft tissue tumor in kids and location

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Rhabdomyosarcoma

Orbit, face, scalp, neck

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20
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Which bug is each of these populations susceptible to in developing septic arthritis?
Sickle cell patients
Young adults
Elderly and IV drug users

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Sickle cell – Salmonella
Young adults – Neisseria gonorrhea
Elderly, IV drug users – E. coli

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21
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Osteogenesis imperfecta

  • Pathology
  • Cause
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Brittle bones

Type 1 collagen deficiency

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Rickets

  • Pathology
  • Cause
  • Population
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  • Bone softening
  • Vit D deficiency dt severe malnutrition
  • Children
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23
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Paget’s disease of bone

  • Pathology
  • Population
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  • Increased osteoblast & osteoclast activity –> increased calcification of bone
  • Develops in 4th decade, Caucasian, M>F
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Osteopetrosis

  • Pathology
  • Etiology
  • Population
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  • Bones harden and become more dense (still brittle though)
  • Genetic
  • Bimodal: early childhood, adults
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25
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Osteoid osteoma

  • Description
  • Population
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  • Small area of neoplastic tissue surrounded by mature bone

- Children, young adults

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26
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Multiple myeloma–definition

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Malignancy in one clone of plasma cells

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27
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Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Description
  • Etiology
  • Population
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  • Progressive deforming polyarthritis with chronic systemic inflammatory dz
  • Unknown
  • Middle age, F>M
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Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Description
  • Etiology
  • Population
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  • Progressive deforming polyarthritis with chronic systemic inflammatory dz
  • Unknown
  • Middle age, F>M
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29
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Ankylosing spondylitis

  • Definition
  • HLA
  • Population
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  • Chronic inflammatory dz of axial skeleton, especially SI joints
  • HLA-B27
  • M>F, onset in adolescence
30
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Reactive arthritis

  • Definition
  • Population
A
  • Autoimmune reaction following GI/GU infx

- Males in 20s and 30s

31
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Gout

  • Definition
  • Etiology
  • Presentation
  • Pathognomonic finding
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  • Deposition of urate crystals in joint dt hyperuricemia
  • Overproduction and/or underexcretion of uric acid
  • Exquisitely painful distal monoarthritis (esp 1st MTP)
  • Tophus
32
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Pseudogout

  • Definition
  • Population
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  • Deposition of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in joints

- Older adults

33
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Ganglion cyst vs Synovial cyst

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Ganglion: no communication with joint space
Synovial: herniation of synovial fluid through joint capsule

34
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Duchenne’s MD

  • Protein
  • Pathology
  • Inheritance
  • Course
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  • Dystrophin
  • Absence of dystrophin –> excess Ca –> oxidative stress –> necrosis of muscle
  • Sex linked
  • Onset age 2-5, death by 20s
35
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Myasthenia Gravis

  • Pathology
  • Linked to abnormalities in what organ?
  • Populations
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  • Antagonistic antibodies to acetylcholine receptor, causes fluctuating weakness
  • Thymus
  • Women under 40, both sexes 50-70
36
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Lambert-Eaton

  • Description
  • Strong association with…?
  • Pathology
  • Changes in weakness with exertion
A
  • Progressive proximal muscle weakness
  • Small cell lung cancer
  • Antibodies to presynaptic Ca channel –> impaired acetylcholine release
  • Greater strength with initial exertion/mild exercise, but weakness with prolonged exertion
37
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What are the three most common idiopathic inflammatory myopathies?

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Dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis

38
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Dermatomyositis

  • Systems affected
  • Possible etiologies
  • Mechanism
  • Population
A
  • Skeletal muscle and skin
  • Post-viral, often paraneoplastic
  • Complement-mediated damage to blood vessels
  • Primarily adults, also children 5-14
39
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Classic microscopic finding of dermatomyositis

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Mixed B and T cell perivascular infiltrate with perifascicular muscle fiber atrophy

40
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Clinical manifestations of dermatomyositis

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  • Periorbital heliotrope rash (summetric, purple-red maculopapular rash on eyelids)
  • Gottron’s sign (red maculopapular rash over dorsal MCPs and IPs)
41
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Polymyositis

  • Presentation
  • Population
  • Mechanism
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  • Bilateral proximal muscle weakness including neck flexors; never ocular muscles
  • Almost exclusively adults
  • WBC infiltrate of muscle fibers
42
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Histo findings of polymyositis

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Muscle fibers pale and enlarged, with lymphocyte/macrophage infiltrate

43
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Inclusion body myositis

  • Clinical description
  • Histo (muscle bx)
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  • Slowly progressive weakness and wasting of distal and proximal muscles, esp arms and legs
  • Focal areas of WBCs, vacuoles, amyloid deposits, and inclusion bodies
44
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Rhabdomyoma

Description and presentation

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Benign striated muscle tumor

Round mass in region of the neck

45
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MC soft tissue tumor in children and MC sites

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Rhabdomyosarcoma

Within the orbit or face/scalp/neck/extremities

46
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What cell line does rhabdomyosarcoma arise from?

What are histo findings?

A

Embryonal mesenchymal cells

Pleiomorphic cells w/ high variability; interweaving bundles of spindle-shaped cells

47
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X-ray findings of osteoarthritis (4)

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Joint-space narrowing
Osteophytes
Subchondral bone cysts
Greater density

48
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Heberden’s nodes are at the _____

Bouchard’s nodes are at the ______

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Heberden’s – DIPs

Bouchard’s – PIPs

49
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Histo of osteomyelitis

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Lytic center with ring of sclerosis

50
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Eye finding in osteogenesis imperfecta

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Robin’s egg eyes: sclera turn blue

51
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With rickets, you see genu ____ in toddlers but genu ____ in older children.

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Varum toddlers

Valgum older children

52
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Finding on the chest in rickets

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Rachitic rosary: prominent knobs of bone at the costochondral joints

53
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Pathognomonic histo finding for Paget’s disease

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Mosaic pattern of lamellar bone

54
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Lab finding for Paget’s disease

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Markedly elevated serum alk phos

55
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X ray finding of Paget’s disease

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Cotton ball skull with thickening of calvarium

56
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X ray finding of solitary bone cyst

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Smooth, thin cortex
Close to epiphysis
Symmetrical

57
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X ray finding of aneurysmal bone cyst

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Distortion of bone, less symmetry

Honeycomb appearance

58
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X ray finding of an osteoid osteoma

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Small, round, well-circumscribed lesion near the cortex

59
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Characteristic finding of osteosarcoma

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Skip lesions

60
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Histo finding of fibrosarcoma

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Sheets of spindle-shaped cells

61
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X ray finding of giant cell tumor

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Expanded bone contours with non-sclerotic borders

62
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Histo and X ray findings of Ewing sarcoma

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Uniform, densely packed cells

Moth-eaten bone

63
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X ray finding of multiple myeloma

Clinical features

A

Lytic bone lesions

Bone pain, fractures

64
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X ray finding of mets to bone

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Ivory vertebra sign

65
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Labs for RA

A

RF (anti-IgG) – more sensitive
anti-CCP – highly specific
HLA-DR4

66
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Gene assoc w/ ankylosing spondylitis

67
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Classic clinical picture of reactive arthritis

A

Conjunctivitis, non-gonococcal urethritis, arthritis

68
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Derm manifestation of lyme disease

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Erythema chronicum migrans

69
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Pathognomonic lesion of gout

70
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Histo finding of myasthenia gravis

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Lymphocytic accumulation in muscle, pale and atrophic muscle fibers

71
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Gross finding of osteoid osteoma

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Gritty, cherry red lesion

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