Buzzwords- MSK

Question 1

wrist drop-

Answer 1

radial nerve palsy

Question 1

pencil in cup XRAY appearance

Answer 1

psoriatic arthritis

Question 2

‘dinner fork’ deformity in wrist

Answer 2

displaced colles fracture

Question 3

pain/tenderness in anatomical snuffbox

Answer 3

scaphoid fracture

Question 4

‘feels like walking on pebbles’

Answer 4

advanced rheumatoid arthritis in feet- subluxation of the metatarsophalangeal joints

Question 5

arthritis + uveitis +urethritis (can’t see, can’t pee, can’t bend the knee)

Answer 5

Reiters syndrome (reactive arthritis)

Question 6

foot drop-

Answer 6

common fibular nerve (peroneal nerve)

Question 7

fracture AV necrosis

Answer 7

humeral head
proximal scaphoid
proximal talus
intracapsular femoral
femoral condyles
capitellum

Question 8

hanging rope sign

Answer 8

AVN

Question 9

negative befringement needle shaped urate crystals (yellow to blue)

Answer 9

gout

Question 10

rhomboid shaped, positive befringent calcium pyrophosphate crystals

Answer 10

pseudo gout

Question 11

positive anterior drawer test (tibia can be pulled forward easily on the femur when knee flexed)

Answer 11

ACL tendon/rupture

Question 12

pain in internal rotation and extension of knee at 90 degrees

Answer 12

lateral meniscal tear

Question 13

painful arc- shoulder movement

Answer 13

damaged supraspinatous tendon
frozen shoulder
rotator cuff tendon impingement

Question 14

difficulty with external rotation of shoulder

Answer 14

frozen shoulder

Question 15

dry eyes, mouth, skin, positive schimers test

Answer 15

sjogrens syndrome

Question 16

locked knee

Answer 16

bucket handle meniscal tear

Question 17

bamboo spine on XRAY, sacrolitis, question mark posture

Answer 17

ankylosing spondylitis

Question 18

shortened leg and externally rotated

Answer 18

displaced fracture neck of femur

Question 19

shortened leg and internally rotated

Answer 19

dislocated femoral head

Question 20

‘onion peel’ sign

Answer 20

Ewings sarcoma

Question 21

‘sunray’ spiculation

Answer 21

osteosarcoma

Question 22

‘popcorn’ calcification on XRAY

Answer 22

chondrosarcoma

Question 23

‘soap bubble’ appearance on XRAY

Answer 23

giant cell tumour (benign)

Question 24

scalp tenderness and jaw claudication

Answer 24

temporal arteritis

Question 25

gowers sign positive

Answer 25

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Question 26

swollen 'woody' calves

Answer 26

Duchenne or Becker MD

Question 27

'hatchet-like face'

Answer 27

myotonic dystrophy

Question 28

rosary bead sign

Answer 28

polyarteritis nodosa

Question 29

'light bulb' sign

Answer 29

posterior shoulder dislocation

Question 30

'Shepards crook' deformity

Answer 30

fibrous dysplasia